By Editorial
Five people were killed yesterday 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.
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 Salama and Juhudi villages early morning.
A 60-year-old man was bound with a rope and “his throat slit, his house was burnt with all belongings. END.