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Grenade attack in Kenya kills 15 | |
(about 17 hours later) | |
A grenade attack has killed at least 15 people in north-east Kenya, close to the borders of Somalia and Ethiopia. | |
More than 20 people were injured in the attack about 30km (18 miles) from the town of Banisa, in Mandera county. | |
The violence reportedly broke out in a camp for displaced people. | |
It follows fighting on Friday between two clans in the same area which left at least six people dead. Hundreds are reported to be fleeing. | |
Police have now deployed more officers to the region. | Police have now deployed more officers to the region. |
A police officer in Mandera was quoted by AFP news agency as saying: "Those killed were in one of the IDP (internally displaced people) camps where people displaced in recent attacks have been staying." | |
No group has so far said it carried out the attack. | |
Community leader Ibrahim Hussein, who has been taking part in attempts to defuse the violence, appealed to both clans - Degodia and Gari - to lay down their arms. | |
"We will not allow people, particularly women, children, the elderly to be killed in a senseless manner," he told the BBC's Focus on Africa. | |
Reports say those suspected of carrying out the attack were thought to be from Ethiopia and had targeted a car carrying a Banisa town commissioner. |
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