Sunday, July 6, 2014
Deputy President William Ruto during his visit at Gamba police station on July 06, 2014. PHOTO |DPPS
Deputy
President William Ruto on Sunday cancelled a planned visit to Mpeketoni
to tour scenes of the latest attacks in Hindi in Lamu county and Gamba
in Tana Delta.
Mr Ruto was scheduled to attend an inter-denomination prayer service at Lake Kenyatta Primary School in Mpeketoni.
On Saturday, Mr Ruto presided over two fundraisers in Kwale and Kilifi counties and appealed to Kenyans to focus on peace.
The death toll in the Hindi attacks have risen to 11.
The Nation crew of reporter Galgalo Bocha and photographer Kevin Ondit counted 11 bodies.
Eyewitnesses
say the attackers were young men dressed in jungle-wear uniforms. They
carried machetes and guns and spoke mainly in Somali language.
The
victims, 10 men and one boy, were either hacked to death or shot dead
by the attackers in Malamandi, in Hindi division of Lamu West.
Two people, a man and his son, were admitted at Lamu's King Fahd hospital with serious gun shot wounds.
Lamu
governor Issa Timamy, who visited them at the hospital on Sunday
morning, directed that they be transferred to the Kenyatta National
Hospital for specialised treatment.
They who are still
unconscious have been identified as 51-year old Stephen Kangethe and his
son Daniel Kimani said to be in his early twenties.
According to the area's chief, a group of more than 10 armed gunmen raided and started shooting aimlessly at people.
Several houses in the town were also set on fire. Some bodies were burnt beyond recognition.
County
Commissioner Miiri Njenga urged residents to remain calm as more
security was sent to the area also confirmed about the raid and said
that he sent AP and GSU Police officers to the scene.
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