Six killed in suspected terrorist attack in Kenya

Suspected terrorist militants from the Somali group al Shabaab killed six people in an attack in northeast Kenya on Thursday, a regional governor said.

"We have suffered another sad attack," the governor of Mandera county, Ali Roba, wrote on Twitter, saying six people had been confirmed to be dead.

"From the nature and style of the attack, it will obviously be al Shabaab," he added.

The Mandera region on the Somali border has often been targeted by al Shabaab, which says it will continue its campaign of attacks in Kenya until the Kenyan government withdraws its troops from Somalia where they are part of an African force.

The attack reportedly occurred early in the morning at a public works site.