UNITED NATIONS – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned the killing of 36 workers in Kenya by the Al-Shabaab Somali terrorist group and demanded that those responsible be brought to justice.
In a statement issued Tuesday by his spokesperson, the secretary-general denounced the “horrific” terrorist attack and expressed his “deep condolences to the families of the deceased and to the people and the Government of Kenya.”
Ban also reiterated the U.N.’s “full support” in aiding Kenya’s efforts “to fight terrorism and to provide security to the population consistent with international law and Kenya’s human rights obligations.”
The attack that took place Tuesday in a quarry in northeastern Kenya claimed the lives of 36 people shot in the head reportedly for being non-Muslims.
It occurred just a few kilometers from the site where Al-Shabaab killed 28 people in similar attack 10 days ago.
In the latest attack a heavily armed group of men burst into the enclosure and tried to identify Muslim workers.
Those who did not profess to being Muslim were shot in the head and some were beheaded, police sources said.
Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack through the Somali radio station “Al Andalus” in which it said, “In another successful operation carried out by the mujahideen, close to 40 Kenyan crusaders were killed after a unit of the Saleh Nabhan brigade attacked them at midnight.”
The Islamist extremist group justified the attack as a response “to the Kenyan occupation of Muslim lands” and warned that “it is part of a series of planned attacks” in this country.
In a statement issued Tuesday by his spokesperson, the secretary-general denounced the “horrific” terrorist attack and expressed his “deep condolences to the families of the deceased and to the people and the Government of Kenya.”
Ban also reiterated the U.N.’s “full support” in aiding Kenya’s efforts “to fight terrorism and to provide security to the population consistent with international law and Kenya’s human rights obligations.”
The attack that took place Tuesday in a quarry in northeastern Kenya claimed the lives of 36 people shot in the head reportedly for being non-Muslims.
It occurred just a few kilometers from the site where Al-Shabaab killed 28 people in similar attack 10 days ago.
In the latest attack a heavily armed group of men burst into the enclosure and tried to identify Muslim workers.
Those who did not profess to being Muslim were shot in the head and some were beheaded, police sources said.
Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack through the Somali radio station “Al Andalus” in which it said, “In another successful operation carried out by the mujahideen, close to 40 Kenyan crusaders were killed after a unit of the Saleh Nabhan brigade attacked them at midnight.”
The Islamist extremist group justified the attack as a response “to the Kenyan occupation of Muslim lands” and warned that “it is part of a series of planned attacks” in this country.
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