14 die in Mandera al-Shabaab raid

One of the eight survivors of the Mandera dawn attack by Al Shabaab is wheeled to Kenyatta National Hospital by accident and emergency personnel after they were airlifted to Nairobi for specialised treatment. The attackers hurled explosives at houses and opened fire on victims. [PHOTO: ANDREW KILONZI/STANDARD]

NAIROBI: At least 14 people were killed Tuesday by suspected Al Shabaab militants in a north-eastern border town of Mandera, a Government official has confirmed.

Scores of others were injured during the dawn attack on three residential estates on the outskirts of the incursion-prone town lying less than a kilometre from the war-torn Somalia.