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2 dead in attack on New Year revellers in Kenya
2012-01-02
[Pak Daily Times] Gunmen sprayed bullets at New Year revellers in two bars in northeastern Kenya on Sunday, killing at least two people, a witness and police said, the latest in a wave of attacks near the border with Somalia.

A worker at one of the pubs in Garissa town said gunnies approached in a vehicle, fired at the bars and then drove away. "The guys fired from the vehicle. They first shot the guard, (and then) shot more bullets at those who tried to leave and those who were at the entrance," said the witness who declined to be named.

North Eastern provincial police commander Leo Nyongesa said two people had been confirmed dead. A medic, who refused to be identified, said 28 people had been maimed, including security officers and several women. Kenyan forces crossed into Somalia in October to attack the al Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab
... successor to the Islamic Courts...
bully boys, whom it blamed for a spate of kidnappings and cross-border attacks on its soil.

Al-Shabaab has denied responsibility
Nope. Wudn't us.
for the kidnappings and has vowed major retaliation against Kenya. Kenyan police said on Saturday they were looking for 15 people whom they said had information on al-Shabaab.
Posted by:Fred

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