06/07/2014
Somali gunmen kill 29 people in raids on two Kenyan coastal areas
Gunmen killed at least 29 people in raids on two coastal areas of Kenya over the weekend, the latest in a series of attacks claimed by Islamists who have vowed to drive Kenyan forces out of Somalia. The Kenyan interior ministry said one attack killed nine at Hindi in Lamu County, the same district where about 65 people were killed by gunmen last month. Another was further south in the Gamba area, where 20 died. ?They went around shooting at people and villages indiscriminately,? said Abdallah Shahasi, a senior official for the Hindi area, which lies near Lamu and Mpeketoni, where gunmen launched raids in mid-June. Sheikh Abdiasis Abu Musab, spokesman for...
