Sudanese raiders kill 6 in cross-border Kenya attack
Source: Reuters
By Jeremy Clarke NAIROBI, Jan 16 (Reuters) - About 20 Sudanese livestock-raiders killed six people, including three young children who were stabbed to death, in an attack on a village in Kenya's remote north-west, authorities said on Tuesday. In the latest flare-up on Kenya's porous borders, the attackers made off with camels, goats, sheep and cows. George Ayonga, district commissioner for the Turkana region, said two women and four children died after Toposa tribesmen crossed the border on Saturday and attacked. "Most people living in the area of Nakambeit village moved away in the months of November and December because of the threat of raiders," he told Reuters. The raiders stabbed to death three infants of one family: 6-month-old Naomi Nachileo, 1-year-old Lokai Loking, and 2-year-old Lopua Lopoi. A local defending himself also shot one of the Sudanese attackers, Ayonga said. Locals identified him as from Kaalbo village, in south Sudan. Nearly 100 camels, cows, goats and sheep were taken. Ayonga said he had sent a letter to Sudanese local authorities demanding the return of the animals. "I want to avert any more bloodshed, as villagers are willing to take back the animals by force," he said. Livestock raids, violent clashes and vendettas between local communities are commonplace on Kenya's borders with Somalia, Sudan, Ethiopia, Tanzania and Uganda. Scant resources and the devastation of livestock in a 2005-06 drought have exacerbated tensions.
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