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Kenya: Governor charged with terrorism over Lamu attack | Kenya: Governor charged with terrorism over Lamu attack |
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A Kenyan regional governor has been charged with terrorism and murder over attacks in the coastal Lamu district in which scores of people were killed. | |
Issa Timamy is the first high-profile politician to be charged over the killings in the Mpeketoni town area. | |
He faces multiple counts of murder, incitement and forceful evictions. | He faces multiple counts of murder, incitement and forceful evictions. |
Kenya's president has blamed the attacks on political networks, despite Somali Islamist group al-Shabab claiming responsibility. | |
Most of the dead were ethnic Kikuyus, like the Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta. Non-Muslims were singled out to be killed. | Most of the dead were ethnic Kikuyus, like the Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta. Non-Muslims were singled out to be killed. |
Opposition parties have disputed Mr Kenyatta's claim that political networks were behind the killings. | Opposition parties have disputed Mr Kenyatta's claim that political networks were behind the killings. |
Mr Timamy belongs to a political affiliate of Mr Kenyatta's governing Jubilee coalition. | Mr Timamy belongs to a political affiliate of Mr Kenyatta's governing Jubilee coalition. |
He will remain in police custody until 30 June, while investigations continue. | He will remain in police custody until 30 June, while investigations continue. |
The attacks earlier in June killed at least 60 people, as gunmen descended on hotels and a police station. | |
It was the most deadly attack in Kenya since last September, when at least 67 people were killed by al-Shabab fighters at Nairobi's Westgate shopping centre. | |
On Tuesday, five people were killed in another attack by an armed gang on the village of Witu, about 15km (nine miles) from Mpeketoni. | |
On Wednesday, authorities said they had arrested 13 alleged separatists accused of planning more attacks on the coast. |