14 killed in militant attack in Kenya

At least 14 people have been killed in an attack by al Qaida-linked al-Shabab militants in the north of Kenya, an official said.

At least 14 people have been killed in an early morning attack in the north of Kenya by al-Shabab, Islamic extremist rebels from neighbouring Somalia, an official said.

Eleven people were wounded in the attack in Soko Mbuzi village in Mandera County near Kenya’s border with Somalia, said Mandera County commissioner Alex Nkoyo.