Kenya bus attack: Al-Shabab 'wants religious war'
The slaughter of 28 people on a bus in Kenya is a bid to start a religious war, a senior adviser to President Uhuru Kenyatta said.
Abdikadir Mohammed called on Kenyans of "all faiths and creeds" to stand together against the "heinous crimes".
On Saturday 22, al-Shabab gunmen attacked a bus in northern Kenya, shooting dead non-Muslim passengers.
The Somalia-based Islamist group has carried out numerous attacks across Kenya since 2011.
The bus was travelling to the capital, Nairobi, when it was stopped in Mandera county, not far from the border with Somalia.
Gunmen separated out non-Muslims by asking passengers to read from the Koran, officials and witnesses said. Those who failed were then shot in the head.
Kenya's Red Cross confirmed that 28 of the 60 passengers on the bus were killed, 19 men and nine women.
Abdikadir Mohammed called on Kenyans of "all faiths and creeds" to stand together against the "heinous crimes".
On Saturday 22, al-Shabab gunmen attacked a bus in northern Kenya, shooting dead non-Muslim passengers.
The Somalia-based Islamist group has carried out numerous attacks across Kenya since 2011.
The bus was travelling to the capital, Nairobi, when it was stopped in Mandera county, not far from the border with Somalia.
Gunmen separated out non-Muslims by asking passengers to read from the Koran, officials and witnesses said. Those who failed were then shot in the head.
Kenya's Red Cross confirmed that 28 of the 60 passengers on the bus were killed, 19 men and nine women.