{"id":15010,"date":"2014-06-16T10:34:44","date_gmt":"2014-06-16T10:34:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/islamists-massacre-48-in-kenya-attack\/"},"modified":"2014-06-16T10:34:41","modified_gmt":"2014-06-16T10:34:41","slug":"islamists-massacre-48-in-kenya-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/islamists-massacre-48-in-kenya-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Islamists Massacre 48 in Kenya Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>{{At least 48 people have died after al-Qaeda-linked militants attacked hotels and a police station in a Kenyan coastal town, officials say.}}<\/p>\n<p>Witnesses in Mpeketoni said gun battles lasted several hours, while several buildings were set on fire.<\/p>\n<p>The town is on the mainland near Lamu island, a well-known tourist resort.<\/p>\n<p>Somalia&#8217;s al-Shabab group said the attack was carried out to avenge the presence of Kenyan troops in Somalia and the killing of Muslims.<\/p>\n<p>Kenya sent troops to Somalia in 2011 to help the weak UN-backed government defeat the militants.<\/p>\n<p>The local media reports gunmen shot dead anyone who was unable to recite verses from the Koran.<\/p>\n<p>This is the most deadly attack in Kenya since last September, when at least 67 people were killed during a siege by al-Shabab fighters at Nairobi&#8217;s Westgate shopping centre.<\/p>\n<p>Interior Minister Joseph Ole Lenku described the attackers as bandits, and said they had crossed a &#8220;red line&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Police fought fierce battles with the gunmen, who fled into a nearby forest, Mr Ole Lenku said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-6120 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/pres.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-6118 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/good-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-6119 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/prot.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{{At least 48 people have died after al-Qaeda-linked militants attacked hotels and a police station in a Kenyan coastal town, officials say.}} Witnesses in Mpeketoni said gun battles lasted several hours, while several buildings were set on fire. 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