Al-Shabab has vowed retribution on Kenya for sending troops into Somalia since 2011 to fight the militants who are waging an insurgency against Somalia`s weak, Western-backed government. Kenyan security forces have managed to stop the wave al-Shabab`s attacks in major cities in Kenya that have killed hundreds.
However, Mandera County remains a volatile area. Al-Shabab militants hijacked a bus in Mandera on November 2014, and killed 28 non-Muslims on board. In December 2014 they killed 36 quarry workers.
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