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Policeman, Two Attackers Killed in Kenya Grenade Blast
[An Nahar] A Kenyan police officer was killed and nine others maimed Wednesday when suspected Islamists hurled a grenade at them during a house raid in a clash that left two assailants dead, police said.The violence was the latest in a string of festivities and police raids on Kenya's coast, a popular tourist region where Islamists and a separatist movement have increasingly battled with security forces. Regional police chief Aggrey Adoli told AFP several officers "were seriously injured," saying the attackers may be Kenyan supporters of neighboring Somalia's Shebab, an Al-Qaeda linked cut-thoat group. "One of the officers died in hospital...eight others are still in hospital," Adoli said. One officer was discharged. "We have intensified the search for more suspects, we want to ensure the area is safe," he added. Adoli said police had rubbed out one of the attackers, while the other was killed by one of his own grenades. The raid was carried out after a tip-off in the coastal Likoni region, just south of Kenya's main port Mombasa, and police recovered two firearms, two live grenades and ammunition, he said. Kenyan police have in recent days launched a crackdown on members of the Mombasa Republican Council, a separatist group. On Monday two people were killed as police jugged Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit! MRC leader Omar Mwamnuadzi. Posted by: Fred 2012-10-18 |
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