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Kenyan Civilians Flee Manda Bay Area After al-Shabab Attack

Mohammed Yusuf

   NAIROBI - In Lamu county, the coastal region of Kenya, some civilians
   are moving out of their homes into small towns for safety. The
   development comes a day after the al-Shabab militant group stormed a
   military base that hosts U.S. and Kenyan counter-terrorism forces,
   killing three U.S. personnel.

   Witnesses say people are moving out of villages near the Manda Bay
   airfield, for fear of further attacks or getting caught in clashes
   between security forces and al-Shabab fighters hiding in the nearby
   Boni forest.

   Anab Haji is a member of the county assembly of Lamu. Her constituency
   falls under the area that came under attack.

   "People are in fear, and people have been moving out of the village to
   the nearby town, that's Hindi and Mokowe. We have villages like
   Mkondoni. We have Sinambio, Kausara. So people are in fear, that's why
   they are going to town. But the security is very tight. Our military
   are doing a good job," she said.

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