At least 50 people were killed when suspected Islamist gunmen in minibuses sped into a town on Kenyas coast, shooting soccer fans watching a World Cup match in a television hall and targeting hotels, a police post and a bank, Reuters report.
Police said Somalias al Shabaab Islamist group was most likely to blame for Sunday nights assault on the town of Mpeketoni, which lies on the Indian Ocean coastline that runs north from Kenyas main port of Mombasa to the Somali border.
Somali website www.somalimemo.net said the Islamist group had claimed responsibility. It gave no details and the groups spokesman could not be reached for comment on the assault, the latest in a spate of gun and bomb attacks in recent months that have hurt Kenyas struggling tourist industry.
Source: Reuters
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