This archive report was first published on 2 January 2020.
On Thursday, January 2, 2020, a suspected Al-Shabaab attack on a bus near Lamu, Kenya, left three people dead and three others injured.
The bus, which had departed from Mombasa, was headed to Lamu when it came under attack in the Nyongoro area.
Lamu County Commissioner Irungu Macharia confirmed the incident, which has raised concerns about security in the region.
Transport along the Lamu-Garsen road has been suspended as security agencies, including the army, comb the area for any potential threats.
Al-Shabaab has been responsible for a series of attacks in recent months, including a car bomb that killed 79 people in Mogadishu on Saturday, December 28, 2019.
For the first time, Al-Shabaab has apologized to civilian victims of the attack, a move that has been met with skepticism by many.
