Terror attack victims ‘shot at close range’
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- Chief Government Pathologist Johanssen Oduor, who led a team of doctors in examining the bodies, said they also suffered gunshot wounds on other parts of their bodies, such as the hands, indicating that they tried to cover their heads during the attack.
- A mortuary attendant, however, said the bodies would have to undergo reconstruction as some parts were badly damaged during the dawn terrorist attack at Arabiya in Mandera near the Kenya-Somalia border on Saturday.
All the 28 victims of the Mandera bus massacre were shot in the head at close range.
Postmortem exam results indicate that the victims appeared to have been shot using a “high velocity firearm”.
Chief Government Pathologist Johanssen Oduor, who led a team of doctors in examining the bodies, said they also suffered gunshot wounds on other parts of their bodies, such as the hands, indicating that they tried to cover their heads during the attack.
“All of them had been shot in the head with what appeared to be a high velocity firearm like a G3 or an AK47,” he said at the end of the postmortem exam at Chiromo mortuary in Nairobi, Monday.
The bodies are ready for collection and burial.
A mortuary attendant, however, said the bodies would have to undergo reconstruction as some parts were badly damaged during the dawn terrorist attack at Arabiya in Mandera near the Kenya-Somalia border on Saturday.
Twenty-eight people were executed by Al-Shabaab militants, who hijacked a Nairobi-bound bus.
Kakamega Governor Wycliffe Oparanya said the county government would help transport bodies to the county for burial.
