Security forces arrested some 70 suspects last in Lamu and Tana River in connection with last month’s violence in Mpeketoni, and charged two previously arrested suspects with murder.
About 20 gunmen raided a police camp in Mpeketoni on the night of July 7, killing three people and burning down the camp. Unknown assailants attacked a crowd in Wajir on July 7 with gunfire and a grenade, killing one person and seriously wounding six others. A judge refused the bail request of suspected Shabaab terrorist Mahamud Abdi Adan, who allegedly was planning attacks on vital government installations.
