Kenyan Muslims shield Christians during
Islamic sect attack



A group of Kenyan Muslims travelling on a
bus ambushed by Islamist gunmen, protected
Christian passengers by refusing to be split
into groups during an attack by Islamic sect
members on their bus which was traveling
from the capital Nairobi to the town of
Mandera this morning.
The militants ambushed the bus, asked all the
passengers to come down, then they asked
the Muslims among them to return into the
bus while the Christians should stay back.
Kenyan media reports that the Muslim
passengers refused to be separated, telling
the militants "to kill them together or leave
them alone". "The locals showed a sense of
patriotism and belonging to each other. The
militants decided to leave after the
passengers' show of unity" Mandera governor
Ali Roba told Kenya's private Daily Nation
newspaper. But two people lost their lives
during the ambush.