Security provisions in Mandera county have been criticised following the attack
The
Kenyan military has killed more than 100 al-Shabab militants linked to a
deadly attack on a bus, Kenya's deputy president says.
William Ruto said the armed forces had carried out two
operations in Somalia, destroying equipment and a camp from which the
bus attack was planned.
In Saturday's attack, gunmen pulled non-Muslims passengers from a bus in northern Kenya, killing 28 of them.
A local governor said a total security overhaul was needed.
Al-Shabab has carried out a series of attacks in Kenya since
2011, the year that Kenya sent troops into Somalia to help battle the
Islamist group.
Mr Ruto gave details of the military operation after attending a Sunday service at a church in Nyahururu.
The driver of the bus tried to accelerate away from the militants, but the vehicle got stuck in wet mud
"I can assure you that those behind the attack did not even take their supper," he was quoted as saying by the Standard newspaper.
"They were killed by our officers who we sent out immediately
after the attack. They did not find time to celebrate their heinous
crime."
He said security officials were in "full control" and urged
other leaders to co-operate with the government rather than criticise
it.
In Saturday's attack in Mandera county, close to the Somali
border, witnesses described how passengers were asked to recite passages
from the Koran and those who failed were made to lie on the ground
before being shot in the head.
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