Kenya militants attack buses

MOMBASA:

Kenya;Heavily armed militants on Tuesday
have attacked a convoy of passenger buses
and their army escorts in the lamu region
of Kenya 's Indian Ocean coast near the
border with Somalia ,official and witneses
said,

The attack took place near the town of Mpeketoni
,which has been the scene of previous raids and
massacres carried out by the Somali-led
and Al Qaeda affiliated Shebab Islamist group

There were no immediate reports of any
casualties'
"They used grenades and heavy guns We
came under intense attack,The bus was sprayed
with bulets but  it is a miracle nobody was hurt"
an eyewitness ,who asked not to be named
told AFP by telephone,

The witness said he was in a convoy
no two buses plus an army and police
escort ,Kenya security sources confirmed
the attack and said a security operation
was in progress with a section of the high
way between the  main coastal city of
Mombasa and Lamu closed off to traffic,

Earlier Tuesday Shebaba militants killed
at least 14 workers in the northeastern town
of Mandera ,another area that has also seen
frequent Shebab attacks IN-mid June
2014 closed to 100 people were killed
in a series of armed
assausts on the town of Mpeketoni and
surrounding vilages,
AFP