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| Militant group al-Shabab has carried out a string of attacks in Kenya (AP) |
Militant Islamist group al-Shabab says it was behind the assault which slaughtered no less than six individuals and injured one in north-eastern Kenya.
The militants tossed an explosive before opening fire in a residential area in Mandera town, police said.
Mandera County governor Ali Roba affirmed the losses, including that security guards had saved 27 people.
Al-Shabab is headquartered in Somalia, and has carried out a series of assaults in neighboring Kenya.
"We have suffered another sad attack," Mr Roba said in a tweet.
The raid took place in the early hours of Thursday in an area popular with people who came from outside Mandera town, reports the BBC's Ferdinand Omondi from Kenya.
"From the nature and style of the attack, it will obviously be al-Shabab," Mr Roba told Reuters news agency.
"If not for the quick response by our security forces, we would be talking of many more casualties now."
Al-Shabab has been at war with Kenya as far back as Kenyan forces entered Somalia in October 2011 with an end goal to pound the al Qaeda-linked militants.
Kenyan troops are currently part of the African Union mission in Somalia battling the group
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