SOMALI militants wielding automatic weapons have attacked a small Kenyan coastal town, killing at least 34 people as they sprayed bullets into the street, assaulted the police station and set two hotels on fire, officials say.
KENYA'S top police commander, David Kimaiyo, also said that the gunmen attacked a bank. The assault came late Sunday night as town residents were watching World Cup matches on TV. Authorities blamed al-Shabab, Somalia's al-Qaeda-linked terror group.
The attack occurred in the town of Mpeketoni about 20km southwest of the tourist centre of Lamu. Any tourism in Mpeketoni is mostly local, with few foreigners visiting the region. The town is about 100km from the Somali border.Kenya has experienced a wave of gunfire and explosive attacks in recent months. The US, UK, France, Australia, and Canada have all recently upgraded their terror threat warnings for the country. US Marines behind sandbag bunkers are now stationed on the roof of the US Embassy in Nairobi.The Red Cross, which said it had personnel on the ground, put the death toll at 34. Kimaiyo had earlier said it was 27 but that it could rise.The Interior Ministry said that at about 8pm on Sunday two minivans entered the town. Militants disembarked and began shooting. Kenya's National Disaster Operations Centre said military surveillance planes were launched shortly afterward.The nearby town of Lamu is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is the country's oldest continually inhabited town. The region saw a spate of kidnappings of foreign tourists in 2011 that Kenya said was part of its motivation for attacking Somalia. Since those attacks and subsequent terror warnings tourism has dropped off sharply around Lamu.Al-Shabab has vowed to carry out terror attacks to avenge the Kenyan military presence in Somali. At least 67 people were killed in September when four al-Shabab gunmen attacked an upscale mall in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. Kenya sent troops to Somalia in October 2011.Anda sedang membaca artikel tentang
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