Police deny arrest of 13 MRC planning attacks in Kiunga, Lamu County By The Star June 25, 2014 Police have denied reports that 13 MRC suspects have been arrested as they planned 'ethnic cleansing' attacks similar to Mpeketoni in Lamu Head of operation in Lamu Robert Kitur has denied claims made by ministry of Interior claiming the attacks in its Twitter handle. Kitur maintained that no MRC member has been arrested within Kiunga area near Kenya-Somalia

By Edmun Blair Reuters 25 June 2014 Kenyan police have arrested 13 members of an outlawed separatist movement and accused them of planning ethnically-motivated attacks similar to assaults that killed dozens in the coastal region this month, the Interior Ministry said. About 65 people died in back-to-back attacks in the coastal town of Mpeketoni. Somalia's al Shabaab Islamist group claimed responsibility, but President Uhuru Kenyatta dismissed that

By Joseph Akwiri Reuters 24 June, 2014 Attackers armed with machetes killed at least five people in a village on Kenya's coast close to where gunmen shot down about 65 people last week, officials said on Tuesday. No one claimed responsibility for the attack on Taa village late on Monday, the latest in a string of assaults that has piled political pressure on the government to secure the country and battered its vital tourism industry. Militant group

By BBC 23 June 2014 Kenyan fighter jets have bombed the al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab group in Somalia, killing more than 80 of its fighters, the African Union (AU) force in Somalia has said. The assault on the villages of Anole and Kuday was part of an effort to "liberate" Somalia from al-Shabab's grip, the AU added. Witnesses said a third area along the Kenya-Somalia border was also bombed. [caption id="attachment_9077" align="alignleft" width="300"]

By Edmund Blair and Duncan Miriri REUTERS 17 June, 2014 Kenya's president shifted blame to domestic rivals on Tuesday for two attacks that killed 65 people on the coast and he dismissed claims of responsibility by Somali Islamist militants, which Nairobi usually fingers for such assaults. Somalia's al Shabaab militant group has said its gunmen carried out the attacks on the town of Mpeketoni on Sunday night and on a nearby village early on Tuesday

Death toll in new Kenya coast attack rises to 15 By REUTERS 17, June 2014 Somali-linked Islamist militants killed at least 15 people in a second night of attacks on Kenya's coast, a day after an assault on nearby Mpeketoni town left almost 50 dead, the interior minister said on Tuesday. “These attacks are unfortunate and the perpetrators must be held accountable," Joseph Ole Lenku said in Mpeketoni, where he was jeered by locals. "We condemn yesterday’s

By The Washington Post 16 June, 2014 Al-Shabab, a Somali al-Qaeda-linked group, has asserted responsibility for an hours-long assault on a Kenyan costal town in which 48 people were killed. The attack in Mpeketoni began Sunday night and lasted until early Monday, with little resistance from Kenya’s security forces. Two hotels and many vehicles were set on fire. The attack highlights the growing Islamist threat in a country once viewed as a bastion

 Kenya attack: Extremists spared Muslims, Somali speakers in deadly attack    By The Associated Press 16 June 2014   At least 48 people dead after gunmen attacked Mpeketoni, small Kenyan town  Dozens of extremists attacked a Kenyan coastal town for hours, killing those who couldn't answer questions about Islam and those who didn't know the Somali language, officials and witnesses said Monday. At least 48 people were killed and two hotels

Dozens Killed as Militants Attack Kenyan Town By Isma’il Kushkush and Dan Bilefsky, The New York Times   16 June 2014   NAIROBI, Kenya — At least 48 people were killed after dozens of militants attacked a Kenyan coastal town overnight, targeting a police station and two hotels, officials said Monday. The attacks began Sunday evening as residents of Mpeketoni, a town near the tourist resort of Lamu Island, were watching World Cup soccer matches