1. Al-Shabab Massacres Non-Muslims at Kenya Quarry Reported by Sawyer Shulman

2. This is where the attack took place. It was in a quarry near Mandera on the border of Somalia and Kenya. Somalia is dominated by Somalis who are mostly Muslim.

3. Kenyans are concerned for their security The attack on the quarry workers took place around midnight on Monday December 1 st. The victims were sleeping their tents after work at the quarry. At least 36 bodies were found Tuesday dumped in the quarry in the village of Kormey, near the Somali border according to the Kenyan Red Cross. Kormey is about 15 kilometers (9 miles) from the border city of Mandera, in an area where the Somalia-based Al-Shabaab militants are known to be. The men were brutally killed. The victims were non-Muslim.

4. Al-Shabab Claimed they were Responsible Al-Shabab says they did this in retaliation because of Kenyan forces in Somalia attacking Muslims. Al-Shbab is a Somalia-based militant Islamist terrorist group. Many of the quarry workers were from the south where there are mostly Christians. Al-Shabab killed 28 non-Muslims on a bus last week. Al-Shabab was responsible for killing 67 people in a Nairobi mall last year. Somali Prime Minister condemned the killings and wants to fight terrorism. The Kenyan government is being blamed for not protecting its nation.

5. Many are looking for Safety Many people in the Mandera town are leaving to find a safer place There have been many attacks on non-Muslims in the area. Hundreds of people sought refuge at a military airstrip in the Mandera region last week, fearing a fresh assault by al-Shabab

6. SOURCE http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-30288137