Salah Farah, Muslim Kenyan who shielded Christians in attack, dies

Salah Farah, a Muslim schoolteacher who shielded Christian fellow passengers when their bus was attacked by militants in northern Kenya, died January 18.

Farah and other Muslim passengers re­fused to separate themselves from Chris­tians on the bus during the Decem­ber 21 attack. They told the militants to kill all 62 people or leave.

The gunmen, suspected to be part of the Somalia-based al-Shabaab, panicked and left, but they shot Farah in the arm and hip first.