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Kenya's Lamu district hit by deadly shooting Kenyan coastal region of Lamu hit by deadly attacks
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Deadly shooting has been reported in Kenya's coastal district of Lamu, the scene of several attacks claimed by Islamic militants this year. At least 29 people have been killed in two deadly shooting attacks in Kenya's coastal districts, the interior ministry has said.
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. Witnesses said heavily armed men raided a trading centre in the village of Hindi, in Lamu county, and a police station in Gamba, Tana River county, overnight on Saturday.
The Kenyan Red Cross said 13 people had been killed in the two incidents. The Somali militant Islamist group al-Shabab said it was behind the killings.
The Somali militant Islamist group al-Shabab has previously mounted a number of attacks in the region. It has previously mounted a number of attacks in the region.
However it was not immediately clear who was responsible for the latest shooting. Witnesses said about a dozen armed men had appeared in Hindi late on Saturday evening and opened fire.
Witnesses said about a dozen armed men had appeared in the trading centre in Hindi, Lamu County, late on Saturday evening and opened fire.
"They went around shooting at people and villages indiscriminately," area chief Abdallah Shahasi told Reuters."They went around shooting at people and villages indiscriminately," area chief Abdallah Shahasi told Reuters.
County commissioner Miiri Njenga told the agency some government offices and properties had been burned down.County commissioner Miiri Njenga told the agency some government offices and properties had been burned down.
The Red Cross said another nine people - eight civilians and one police officer - were killed in Gamba, and one person was also missing. All those killed were adult men apart from one teenage boy shot as he tried to flee, the AFP news agency said.
There were few further details of the attacks - the Kenya National Disaster Operation Centre said confirmed the violence and said on Twitter that it was responding. One woman in the town said the attackers had burned down her home but said they did not want to kill women.
Attacks in the Lamu area early last month killed at least 60 people, as gunmen descended on hotels and a police station. "They said they were attacking because Muslims' lands were being taken," she told AFP.
Five people died in a later attack by an armed gang on the village of Witu, about 15km (9 miles) from Mpeketoni. Suspect freed
The following day authorities said they had arrested 13 alleged separatists accused of planning more attacks on the coast. The Red Cross said another nine people - eight civilians and one police officer - were killed in Gamba, and one person was also missing. The ministry said 20 had died there.
The area includes Lamu island, a well-known tourist resort, however, the attacks happened on the mainland, in Lamu County. Gunmen broke into the town's police station, reportedly freeing at least one suspect who had been detained over a deadly al-Shabab attack two weeks ago.
Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta has blamed the attacks on political networks, despite al-Shabab claiming responsibility. One police source told Reuters it was not yet clear how many detainees had been released.
Opposition parties have dismissed the president's claims. Attacks in the Lamu area early last month killed at least 60 people, as gunmen descended on hotels and a police station near Mpeketoni, and attacked locals as they were watching a World Cup match.
Timeline of Somali raids in Kenya
Al-Shabab has said it carried out the attacks in retaliation for Kenya's military actions against its operations in Somalia.
But Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta has blamed the Mpeketoni attacks on political networks. Opposition parties have dismissed the president's claims.
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