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Five killed in Kenya violence
19/01/2008 18:27 - (SA)
Nairobi - Five people in a refugee camp in
Kenya's Rift Valley were killed on Saturday by opposition
supporters in the latest flare-up in one of the regions worst
hit by ethnic killings since a disputed election.
"A group of armed warriors attacked a village, leaving five
people dead and property destroyed. These were refugees in a
camp, people thought to have supported (President Mwai) Kibaki,"
Rift Valley Provincial Police Officer Everett Wasige said.
The camp is near a monastery in Kipkelion, 180 km northwest of Nairobi, he said.
That part of the Rift Valley has seen major clashes even
prior to the election, mostly between the local Kalenjin tribe
and members of the Kikuyu and Kisii ethnic groups, seen as
backing Kibaki.
The opposition Orange Democratic Movement dominated voting
in the Rift with strong support among Kalenjins, and the bulk of
the 250 000 people who fled politically-fuelled ethnic clashes
across the country came from there.
- Reuters
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