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AL Shabaab militants took a bus heading to Mandera hostage and after failing to find non-locals in the bus, they gave a 2 hour lecturer in Somali language which most did not understand.
police said an unknown number of heavily armed Al-Shabaab militants stopped an Al-Mukaram company passenger bus at Lag Mata Kuta, between Dabacity and Dimu Hill, and ordered passengers to disembark.
A taxi driver and a boda boda rider on the Kotulo-Elwak road were detained alongside their passengers. “They also stopped a taxi from Kotulo heading to Elwak and a motorbike coming from Borehole 11 to Dimu village.After thoroughly searching for non-locals in vain, they gave a long speech in [the] Somali language which most of the passengers didn’t comprehend,” part of the report filed at the Kotulo Police Station read.
All of the passengers were released and continued on their journey. They arrived safely in Mandera later that day.