Reports accessed by NewsProjector reveal that a bus full of passengers affiliated with Salama Bus Company was attacked on the night of Monday and sprayed with bullets.
According to reports, the Salama Bus that was en-route from Moyale to Nairobi was attacked by unknown gunmen who sprayed the bus with several bullets before disappearing to the bush.
The heavily armed gunmen attacked the bus between Bori Junction and Dadach Lakole on the Moyale-Marsabit Highway at around 8 to 9PM last night as they were travelling.
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Viral video seen by this news site show several passengers with blood on their clothes as locals gathered around the bus trying to save the injured and rushing them to hospital after the daring ambush.
Preliminary reports indicate that the attack was conducted by a group of terrorists believed to be from the Shifta faction that have been terrorising residents along the stretch.
Reports also confirm that immediately the attack was done, one person was reportedly fatally shot dead on the spot after the attack while four others were in critical conditions as they were rushed to Sololo Mission hospital.
Police officers were immediately dispatched to the scene of crime but did not immediately issue a statement about the incident that has left people questioning about the security situation in the North Eastern part of Kenya.
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This comes barely a year after another incident occurred in the same stretch when about 15 members of Al-shabaab shot multiple times in the air ordering a bus that was plying the route to stop. However, despite the horrific experience, all passengers escaped unhurt.