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| At least 20 killed in Kenya clan violence |
| 2013-08-29 |
| [Al Ahram] A Kenyan official says at least 20 people were killed in violence among rival clans in Kenya's north. Ukur Yattani, the governor of Kenya's Marsabit county, said Wednesday that automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades were used in festivities between the Borana and Gabbra clans. Yattani said the two groups as well as a third --the Burji-- have recently been fighting over water and pasture for their cattle. Police front man Gatiria Mboroki said some houses were apparently set on fire but gave no corpse count. Kenya has stringent gun laws, and obtaining a license is difficult. But illegal guns are smuggled into the country through mostly non-existent borders, especially from Somalia, Kenya's volatile neighbor to the north. |
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