46 Dead in Kenya Ethnic Clashes
KABUL: (Middle East Press) Fierce clashes between rival ethnic groups in the troubled northwestern part of Kenya claimed the lives of at least 46 people.
Members of the Pokot ethnic group attacked a village of the Turkana group in the Turkana region on Monday.
Rift Valley Regional Commissioner Osman Warfa said the attackers fled the remote region after carrying out the massacre.
“The attack took place in a very remote zone which is inaccessible,” media outlets quoted Warfa as saying.
The regional official also added that the Kenyan military has sent troops to the area in order to hunt down the attackers and perpetrators.
Reports say an unknown number of animals were stolen during the assault.
Reports also indicate that the latest attack could have been in retaliation for an earlier raid carried out by the Pokot tribesmen against another village in Baringo, northern Kenay.
