Six people have been killed in an ambush in northeastern Kenya’s border region with war-torn Somalia, police said on Wednesday following the latest in a string of attacks.
Unidentified gunmen attacked a pickup truck laden with passengers late Tuesday near Qooqae in the northeastern Mandera region, a troubled area hit by multiple attacks in recent months, local police chief Joseph Tenai said.
“The survivors have told us they were attacked when the gunmen emerged from a bush and sprayed the vehicle with bullets, killing four people on the spot,” Tenai said. “The bodies of two other people were found this morning.”
Those killed include schoolchildren, although Tenai could not say how many. Four other people are believed missing.
