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| Gunfire reported in Kenya's Lamu district | |
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| Shooting has been reported in Kenya's coastal district of Lamu, the scene of several attacks claimed by Islamic militants this year. | |
| The BBC's Dennis Okari in Nairobi says houses have been set alight in Hindi, near Mpeketoni, and a police station has been attacked at Gamba. | The BBC's Dennis Okari in Nairobi says houses have been set alight in Hindi, near Mpeketoni, and a police station has been attacked at Gamba. |
| The Kenya National Disaster Operation Centre said on Twitter that police were responding to the incidents. | The Kenya National Disaster Operation Centre said on Twitter that police were responding to the incidents. |
| Mpeketoni was nearly destroyed in one of the attacks last month. | Mpeketoni was nearly destroyed in one of the attacks last month. |
| It is not clear who is responsible for the shooting, but the Somali militant Islamist group al-Shabab has mounted a number of attacks in the region. | |
| The Kenyan Red Cross said it had sent emergency teams to the area but it had no reports of casualties so far. | |
| Attacks in the Lamu area early last month killed at least 60 people, as gunmen descended on hotels and a police station. | |
| Five people died in a later attack by an armed gang on the village of Witu, about 15km (9 miles) from Mpeketoni. | |
| The following day authorities said they had arrested 13 alleged separatists accused of planning more attacks on the coast. | |
| The area includes Lamu island, a well-known tourist resort, however, the attacks happened on the mainland, in Lamu County. | |
| Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta has blamed the attacks on political networks, despite al-Shabab claiming responsibility. | |
| Opposition parties have dismissed the president's claims. |