Straight out of the Islam 101 playbook.
‘My husband told them we were Christians and they shot him in the head’: How al-Shabaab militia went from door to door killing non-Muslims as Kenyan village watched World Cup
Clearing the bodies: Witnesses told how about 30 gunmen – believed to be members of Somali terror group al-Shabaab – arrived in the town in minibuses at 8pm yesterday before bursting into residents homes, shooting dead any man they thought was not Muslim.
- Kenya attack happened as residents watched World Cup matches last night
- Authorities have blamed al-Shabaab, Somalia’s al-Qaida-linked terror group
- Assault happened in Mpeketoni which is 60 miles from Somali border
- Witnesses say gunmen went door to door asking if residents spoke Somali
- If the answer was no they shot them dead on their doorstep, say locals
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Somali militants who murdered 48 people in a Kenyan village as they watched the World Cup went door to door asking residents if they were Muslim or spoke Somali – and shot them dead if either answer was ‘no’, witnesses revealed today.
The attack on the coastal village of Mpeketoni, about 30-miles southwest of the tourist centre of Lamu, came at the end of a weekend of bloodshed that has exposed the world to the shocking depravity of terrorists, apparently emboldened by each other’s acts.
Witnesses told how about 30 gunmen – believed to be members of Somali terror group al-Shabaab – arrived in the town in minibuses at 8pm yesterday before bursting into residents homes, shooting dead any man they thought was not Muslim.
‘They came to our house at around 8pm and asked us in Swahili whether we were Muslims,’ said Anne Gathigi. ‘My husband told them we were Christians and they shot him in the head and chest.’
Cowardly: At least 48 people were killed in the raid and two hotels were set on fire before the gunmen fled into surrounding undergrowth
