12 people killed after suspected al Shabaab gunmen attack Mandera
Oct. 26, 2016, 3:00 am
By STAR REPORTER and
BBC
Mandera
residents look at the destruction following the attack of the Bisharo Guest
House yesterday /REUTERS
Suspected al
Shabaab gunmen stormed a guesthouse in Mandera town yesterday, killing 12
non-locals with grenades, bombs and gunfire.
Governor Ali
Roba said there are enough security officers in the county, but “they are too
terrified to patrol and respond to distress calls.”
Although al
Shabaab is reported to have claimed responsibility for the attack, the
government seemed to issue conflicting reports regarding who was behind the
attack.
Police say
among the dead were 10 people who were visiting the area for set book
performances in schools and a caretaker who is a local. They were staying at
the Bisharo Guest House.
Two members of
the little-known theatre travelling group Pearls Quality Edutainment were
killed.
The others were
among 10 people rescued after the dawn attack.
The Pearls
Quality Edutainment actors had been in Mandera town for three weeks,
performing.
Daud Otieno,
the group’s producer, told the BBC the gunmen raided the hotel early yesterday
morning, shouting “actors, actors” while firing at the rooms.
Eight cast
members who stayed in the hotel, which has a capacity of 20 people, survived.
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