KOROME, Kenya — Somali Al-Shabaab militants killed 36 non-Muslim workers at a quarry in northeast Kenya, they said, beheading at least two of them in the same area that they hijacked a bus and killed 28 passengers a week ago. A village elder at Korome, near the site of the attack, said gunmen crept up on dozens of workers as they slept in tents around the quarry at about 1 a.m. (2200 GMT). “The militia separated the Muslims, then ordered the non-Muslims to lie down where they shot them on the head at close range,” Hassan Duba said. A witness at the scene said most victims were shot in the head and at least two were beheaded. He counted 36 bodies at the quarry, about 15 km from the town of Mandera. Kenya's government confirmed 36 people were killed in the quarry assault and cited survivors saying about 20 attackers were involved. Investigations were under way into that attack and another on the northern town of Wajir late on Monday in which one person was killed, it said in a statement. — ReutersKOROME, Kenya — Somali Al-Shabaab militants killed 36 non-Muslim workers at a quarry in northeast Kenya, they said, beheading at least two of them in the same area that they hijacked a bus and killed 28 passengers a week ago. A village elder at Korome, near the site of the attack, said gunmen crept up on dozens of workers as they slept in tents around the quarry at about 1 a.m. (2200 GMT). “The militia separated the Muslims, then ordered the non-Muslims to lie down where they shot them on the head at close range,” Hassan Duba said. A witness at the scene said most victims were shot in the head and at least two were beheaded. He counted 36 bodies at the quarry, about 15 km from the town of Mandera. Kenya's government confirmed 36 people were killed in the quarry assault and cited survivors saying about 20 attackers were involved. Investigations were under way into that attack and another on the northern town of Wajir late on Monday in which one person was killed, it said in a statement. — Reuters
