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Five people are killed, some by decapitation, by al-Shabaab jihadists across two villages in Lamu County, Kenya. [https:--english.alarabiya.net-News-world-2023-06-25-Al-Shabaab-extremists-kill-five-civilians-in-Kenya-some-by-beheading-Police-source (AFP via Al Arabiya)]Terrorism in Kenya
2023-06-25

Three al-Shabaab members escape from a maximum security prison in Kenya, including one of the perpetrators of the 2015 Garissa attack, in which 148 people were killed.
2021-11-15

At least ten people – including seven police officers – are killed when gunmen ambush a bus in Kotulo, Kenya. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack.
2019-12-6

12 Kenyan police officers are killed when their vehicle hits a roadside bomb in east Wajir County, near the Somali border. No one has claimed responsibility, though the police had been pursuing suspected al-Shabab militants fighting Somalia's government and its backers.
2019-06-15

Eight Kenyan security forces officers are killed after their vehicle hits a bomb in the country's east. Local authorities ascribe the killings to al-Shabaab.
2018-06-18

At least 12 are killed in an attack on a hotel in Kenya. Al-Shabaab claims responsibility.
2016-10-25

Five Kenyan police officers are killed when Al-Shabaab militants ambush their convoy near El Wak, Kenya.
2016-06-21

A three-day national mourning period begins in Kenya for the victims of a four-day siege that began on September 21 when heavily armed Al-Shabaab militants stormed the Westgate shopping mall in the capital, Nairobi, killing 61 civilians and 6 soldiers.
2013-09-25

A gun battle breaks out in a shopping mall in the Kenyan capital Nairobi with "at least 39 dead and 150 wounded". A hostage situation is evolving. Al-Shabaab claims responsibility.
2013-09-21