 NAIROBI: At least 30 people were killed during a village raid by militiamen on Tuesday in one of the deadliest such attacks in northeastern Kenya, police said. Police said most of the 22 villagers killed in the early morning attack on Elgolicha village near Mandera on the Somali border were women and children. Eight militiamen were also killed. "Thirty people have been killed so far, 22 are the victims of the attack who are mostly women and children and eight of the attackers have been shot down by security forces and they are still pursuing them," police spokesman Jasper Ombati said. |