Police say nine men killed in an
overnight attack on a village in
the coastal district of Lamu.
beheaded nine men in an overnight
assault on a village in the Kenyan
coastal district of Lamu, police said,
days after the armed group killed
three police officers in an attack on a
nearby village.
A witness, who asked not to be
named, confirmed the death toll.
"They raided Jima and Pandanguo
villages and killed nine men. They
were slaughtered like chickens, using
knives," said the witness.
Kenya's Interior Ministry announced
late on Saturday that curfew was
imposed in three districts following
the attack.
It said in a tweet that the 12-hour
curfew, from 6:30pm (1530 GMT),
affects parts of Lamu, Garissa and
Tana River and is to be in place for
the next three months.
In a televised address on Saturday
morning following the death in
hospital of Kenya's Interior Minister
Joseph Nkaissery, President Uhuru
Kenyatta spoke of "an unfortunate
incident this morning, which we are
assessing".
Appointing Education Minister Fred
Matiangi as acting security minister,
Kenyatta promised there would be
"no vacuum in securing our country".
President Uhuru Kenyatta sought to
reassure Kenyans when mentioning
the latest killings in a speech earlier
on Saturday.
"We have had an unfortunate
incident this morning that we are
currently assessing and addressing,"
he said.
Earlier in the week, three police
officers were killed in an attack on a
police post in Lamu, blamed on
the al-Qaeda -linked al-Shabab group.
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