Somali Islamists execute 28 non-Muslims on Kenyan bus

A view shows the scene where attackers ambushed a Nairobi-bound bus outside Mandera town, near Kenya's border with Somalia and Ethiopia November 22, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer

NAIROBI (Reuters) - The Somali Islamist militant group al Shabaab said it had staged an attack in Kenya on Saturday in which gunmen ordered non-Muslims off a bus and shot 28 dead, while sparing Muslim passengers.

Three of the group led out to be killed saved their lives by reciting verses of the Koran for the militants, a local security official said.