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10 dead in Kenya armed raid
04/05/2007 12:21 - (SA)
Nairobi - Armed raiders wearing police uniforms killed 10 people in western Kenya, 10 days after six others were slain in the same region which is dogged by violence over land disputes, said police on Friday.
Regional police chief Everett Wasige said the attackers, who struck late on Thursday, were suspected of belonging to Sabaot Land Defence Forces, a tribal militia protesting a land allocation scheme they say is unfair.
"We have been informed that a gang of individuals wearing police uniforms raided Matisi village and shot people indiscriminately. Police on the ground have told us 10 people have been killed," said Wasige.
He said police investigators had been deployed to the area, and that Kenya's national police commissioner had offered a reward of 200 000 shillings to anyone offering information leading to the arrest of the attackers.
Last September, the Sabaot intensified attacks against other tribes in a land dispute in the Mount Elgon area near the Kenyan border with Uganda.
Since then, sporadic clashess have spread to neighbouring regions.
Land disputes are a common source of clashes in Kenya and the government has been accused of favouring certain tribes in the distribution of land.
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