North East Kenya Attack Cost at least Six Lives

Al-Shabab, an Islamist militant group, is battling the UN-backed government in Somalia, and has carried out a string of attacks in neighbouring Kenya.

Militants have carried out frequent attacks on the Mandera region, which borders Somalia. They target people who are not from the local area and security forces, Kenyan papers revealed.

Suspected al-Shabab militants have killed at least six people in an attack in north-east Kenya, the regional governor said.

Ali Roba, governor of Mandera County, said one person had also been seriously injured in the attack.

But security guards had been able to save 27 other people present at the public works site, he said.