12 killed in Nothern Kenya due to ethnic clashes

t least 12 people were ed and several others injured thnic clashes in Wajir county of

lice commander David Kuria said ere also torched as fighting al Somali clans escalates into

tack at Gunan, a Degodia village in ncy was carried out by suspected ieved to be on revenge for ten led by Degodia bandits in the last aba sub-county in Mandera.

e killed after heavily armed gun on the village located at border ounty at 7 a.m.,” he said.

said he cannot confirm whether as result of fire following the traditional makeshift houses by whether they died of gunshots.

the attacks occurred is about 250 ajir town and I need to get k from my officers who went there ursday) to come back since the ork. But as now I can confirm 12 and two women were killed in the

dia clans, who have coexisted in ajir counties for years ave turned bitter foes due to .

Degodia have communal presence ticated armed militia in Ethiopia sed in clan fighting in the Horn of

e commander said security as sent to the scene, adding that ers who were stationed at the anaged to repulse back the

attack is a revenge for Wednesday by suspected Degodia gunmen in , where people were killed some g camel, sheep and goats were d.

the ground is tense and we have lleagues in our neighboring to send more security personnel make sure the attackers don’t more harm.”

ggest headache they were ending the senseless inter-clan he absence of the fighting clans to ness and choice on revenge for

s comes as security agencies in era counties are worried by the an ration of firearms into to the as the two warring clans arms to o each other in the number of

e chief said police in Wajir has runners and recovered 660 nition and 23 magazines, shortly ked into the country from Somalia.

lice acting on tip off intercepted at t briefly after been sneaked in by he suspects are now held at Wajir r more interrogations.

ect the weapons were been d in the raging inter-communal egodia and Garre community.

clans of Degodia and Garre have een fighting for supremacy and unty something that has clashes.

o the government deploying a curity personnel to quell the st year. The locals were also asked firearms they had in their ugh the disarmament program.

flict between the two communities resulted from competition for s, but recently the emerging ibuted to political disagreements issues under the new devolution

en unstable since last year’s s in which the Garre community f the elective seats.