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Kenya: 'Al-Shabaab' Beheads Three, Torches Houses in Witu, Lamu
Nation, 18 August 2017
Suspected Al-Shabaab fighters have beheaded there people and torched houses in dawn attack on Maleli Village of Witu in Lamu. Read more »
Police say the attackers also torched three houses in Witu, Lamu County. This comes after the government banned the use of the Lamu-Garsen highway by passenger vehicles due to security concerns.
The Witu area, which is 34km from Mpeketoni in Lamu County.
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