EL WAK, Kenya — An attack on a bus and a truck in Kenya by Islamic extremists from Somalia’s Al Shabaab insurgency took two Christian lives in December 2015.
In the attack on a bus with more than 100 passengers in northeast Kenya on Dec. 21, 2015, the Al Shabaab rebels tried to separate Christians from the Muslims for execution. But Muslims on board took pains to protect the Christians, an area source said.
Al Shabaab militants stopped the bus from Nairobi to Mandera near El Wak village. Weary of Islamic extremist attacks on Christians that have caused workers and teachers to flee the area, Muslims on board told the assailants that the militants would have to kill them all or leave them in peace. The Muslim passengers loaned their Islamic face coverings to Christian women and hid other Christians behind bags.
The area Christian source said one Christian who tried to flee was gunned down.
Government officials praised the area Muslims for showing national unity, while observers pointed out they also are weary of Islamic extremist attacks on Christians that have caused workers and teachers to flee the area.
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