Five killed in attack in Kenya’s Lamu county
FIVE people were killed when armed assailants attacked two villages in Lamu county in southeast Kenya, police said. The attackers also burnt houses and destroyed property. Police described the incident as a "terrorist attack, " a phrase they typically use to refer to Somalia's Islamist al Shabaab group incursions. Lamu is near Kenya's border with Somalia and fighters from al Shabaab frequently carry out attacks in the area as part of efforts to press Kenya to withdraw troops from Somalia, where they are part of an international peacekeeping force defending the central government. Police said a group of assailants attacked…
