Suspected members of the Somali militant group al-Shabab have killed at least 28 people in an attack on a bus in northern Kenya, officials say.
After stopping the bus, attackers separated out those they thought were non-Muslim before killing them, they said.
The bus was travelling to the capital, Nairobi, when it was stopped in Mandera county, near the Somali border.
Somalia-based al-Shabab has carried out several attacks in Kenya since 2011.
North-eastern Mandera has been particularly affected.
After the attack early on Saturday, local officials quoted by Kenyan media said the government had failed to answer their pleas for extra security.
One official told Kenya's Daily Nation newspaper that assailants had asked passengers to read out verses of the Koran, before executing those who failed.
BBC News
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