Nairobi — A bomb blast at a guesthouse in northeast Kenya killed at least 12 people on Tuesday, in an attack claimed by Shabaab militants which last hit the area earlier this month. "We have found 12 bodies so far after we managed to access the building," a senior police officer told AFP. "We are still combing the area with the help of anti-terrorism police and sniffer dogs in the ongoing search and rescue." Eleven men and one woman were killed in the 3:30 am (12.30am GMT) blast at the Bisharo lodge, a police source told AFP. The toll was confirmed in a government statement that said part of the building was collapsed by the blast. The Al-Qaeda-linked Shabaab militant group claimed responsibility for the attack in a message broadcast by its Radio Andalus media organisation, claiming 15 were killed. "This attack is part of a series of attacks in which the Mujahideen are hunting down infidels" in northeast Kenya, the group said. It is the second Shabaab strike in Mandera in three week...
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