Attacks leave 11 dead in two counties
A burnt building at Rhamu Centre, about 200 kilometres from Mandera town after clashes between the Garre and Degodia clans on June 3, 2013. FILE PHOTO | BILLY MUTAI |
What you need to know:
- The victims of Friday’s attacks died in the hands of gunmen in Gunana location of Tarbaj district in Wajir
The death toll in the inter-clan clashes along the Wajir and Mandera counties border on Friday rose to 11 with the death of two more people.
The clashes between the Garre and Degodia clans have also left scores injured and displaced.
The victims of Friday’s attacks died in the hands of gunmen in Gunana location of Tarbaj district in Wajir.
The clashes started on Tuesday when three men from the Degodia clan were killed in the border location of Burmayow, as they worked on a road project that the rival clan was opposed to.
On Thursday gunmen from the Degodia clan on a revenge mission opened fire on a matatu in the outskirts of Rhamu division in Mandera County killing six people.
Two grass-thatch houses were also torched in Waberi location, Wajir East District, last night by unknown people prompting the locals to vacate the village in fear of attacks.
Wajir Deputy county commissioner Jacob Narego who visited the scene linked the arson to the border dispute.
