A Christian man in Kenya was killed on 3 January. The attack is conducted bn by suspected al-Shabaab militants in Bobo-Hindi. The murder occurred just one day after six Christians were killed in a nearby village. Three houses were also set ablaze during the attack.
John Gichoya was killed and burned inside of his home by terrorists who then fled toward the porous Kenya-Somalia border, confirmed the police.
“At 11:00 p.m., we were called by one of the police officers on night patrol, and [he] informed us that there was an attack in Bobo and all the residents should leave their homes,” said the village elder Josephine Muchemi the day after the attack.
“We could not stop thinking about the 2014 attack where we lost 18 of our friends and our houses razed down,” she continued. “We returned home at 5:00 a.m. after police assured us that the terrorists had left… John’s body was still in his burnt house and the other two houses were also burned down.”
Another local resident confirmed that he saw a group of eight fully armed gunmen dressed in military gear, making their way out of the village after setting the homes on fire.