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Kenya: Police Confirm 75 Deaths in Bandit Attacks in Northeast
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Reprisal attacks have killed more than 22 children, Gabra clan members





9-year-old Mamo Duba, who was injured when Ethiopian bandits attacked
villagers in the Turbi area, lost his father, mother and two siblings
in the attacks in the northeast region of Kenya.

Kenyan police have confirmed 75 deaths in this weeks raid by armed
bandits and reprisal attacks on a village in the northeastern Marsabit
region.

Government spokesman Alfred Mutua says among the dead are 65 civilians
- including 22 children - and 10 bandits.

Security forces are pursuing the raiders, who stole cattle, goats and
camels. They are believed to be members of the Borana ethnic group,
who police suspect launched their raid from Ethiopia.

Most of the victims were Gabra clan members.

Reprisal attacks have been reported in and around the northeastern
village of Turbi since Tuesday, when hundreds of armed men surrounded
a primary school and nearby houses opening, fire as children were
making their way to school.

Meanwhile, thousands of frightened Kenyans are fleeing the area
despite an appeal for calm by President Mwai Kibaki.

Some information for this report provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.


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