Gunmen kill at least 29 people in Kenya coastal raids
Source: Al Jazeera
Gunmen have killed at least 29 people in raids on two coastal areas of Kenya, officials in Nairobi said. The assaults were the latest in a series of attacks claimed by Somali armed group Al-Shabab, which has vowed to drive Kenyan forces out of Somalia – although police have casted doubt on their role in the most recent violence.
The first attack late Saturday killed nine people in the trading town of Hindi in Lamu County, the same district where gunmen killed 65 people last month, according to Kenya’s interior ministry. The second attack occurred further south in the Gamba area, where 20 people died.
"They went around shooting at people and villages indiscriminately," said Abdallah Shahasi, a senior official for the Hindi area, which lies near the old trading port of Lamu and Mpeketoni town. Gunmen also launched raids there in mid-June.
Sheik Abdiasis abu Musab, spokesman for Al-Shabab's military operations, confirmed to Reuters in Mogadishu that the Somalia-based group was behind both attacks on Saturday night. He also said the group was responsible for the June raids in Lamu County.
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