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Many dead in fresh Tana River clashes on Kenyan coast | |
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At least 28 people have been killed in fresh clashes between rival farming communities in the Tana River district on the Kenyan coast, police say. | |
The latest outbreak of violence is reported to be a revenge attack by Pokomo farmers on Orma homesteads. | |
More than 100 villagers died in August and September as rivalry flared between the two communities. | |
Many of the victims then were women and children and security forces were deployed to end the violence. | |
Police say that in the latest attack houses in Kipao village have been burnt and there have been casualties on both sides. | |
The Red Cross say they know of at least 10 dead and 30 others seriously wounded, including a one-year-old child. | |
Search teams are said to be combing the area around the village, looking for further victims. | |
In August, the two communities clashed in a dispute over Orma farmers grazing their cattle on land that the Pokomo say is theirs. | In August, the two communities clashed in a dispute over Orma farmers grazing their cattle on land that the Pokomo say is theirs. |
Settled Pokomo farmers and semi-nomadic Orma pastoralists have clashed intermittently for years over access to grazing, farmland and water in the coastal region. | Settled Pokomo farmers and semi-nomadic Orma pastoralists have clashed intermittently for years over access to grazing, farmland and water in the coastal region. |
According to police, tensions between the two communities has risen in recent days. | |
Police, who have been camping out in the remote region, have been trying to disarm the two groups. |