Al Shabaab militants kill 14 people in Kenya

Nairobi, July 8: At least 14 people were killed in Kenya after being attacked in their sleep by Al Shabaab gunmen in Kenya, media reported on Wednesday.

The militants carried out attack on a residential complex in the town of Mandera in northeast Kenya, news agency Reuters reported.

The Islamist militant group said it had targeted Christians.

Al Shabaab has carried out a series of deadly attacks into Kenya, saying it will continue until Nairobi withdraws troops from an African Union force fighting the militants in Somalia.

"The area ... is a plot where quarry workers live. They attacked at around 1 a.m. on Tuesday. Most of those killed are workers from upcountry," said Alex Nkoyo, commissioner for Mandera County.

"This attack is a clear reminder that al Shabaab and its collaborators are determined to disrupt and subvert our way of life," Interior Minister Joseph Nkaisserry said in a statement about the Mandera raid.

Al Shabaab militants killed 148 people at a university in eastern Kenya's Garissa County in April. After the Garissa attack in April, critics accused the security forces of responding too slowly.

Al Shabaab aims to topple Somalia's Western-backed government and wants to impose its own strict version of Islamic law on the country.

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