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| Islamists attack hotels along the Kenyan coast | |
| 2014-06-16 | |
| Gunmen in Kenya attacked a busy coastal town late Sunday, opening fire from two minibuses and setting two hotels on fire. There was no immediate confirmation of casualties, but residents said the attack lasted for hours. Kenyan army spokesman Major Emmanuel Chirchir said the gunmen entered the western town of Mpeketoni and started "shooting people around in town". He said that the "assailants (are) likely to be Al-Shebab." The shooting began around 8:00 p.m., with gunshots reported up to four hours later. Two hotels and local boarding houses in the town were "attacked and set on fire". A police station and a bank were also reportedly attacked, but officials could not confirm the extent of the fighting.
"So far we have collected over 26 bodies and taken them to the mortuary, but we are still looking for more," Benson Maisori, deputy commissioner for the district, told Agence France Presse. The town of Mpeketoni was reported calm Monday, the morning after the attack. | |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #2 Apparently the Local Hard Boyz still hate Soccer. Dare they hate soccer so much that ... ... * See REALTED TOPIX > [Toronto Star] AL-SHABAB DECLARES KENYA A "WAR ZONE". D *** NG IT, I BELIEVE THEY DO! |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2014-06-16 22:08 |
| #1 Crikey. The Lamu Chamber of Commerce is gonna love this. Come for the sun, stay for the White Widow Islamist massacre adventure! |
| Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2014-06-16 01:22 |