June 26, 2025
The attack took place from late Friday into the early hours of Saturday in the village of Yelewata, the group says in a post on social media platform X
Police have not specified how many passengers were taken hostage in the remote mountainous area but the insurgents said they were holding 214 people
Al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab frequently launches bombings and gun attacks in the fragile Horn of Africa nation
The casualties included 745 civilians, 125 members of the Syrian security forces and 148 fighters loyal to Assad, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says
The group of around 40 armed men stopped multiple buses and vehicles, checking national identity cards before forcing the seven passengers off the bus and shooting them
