Rahma Rashid
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Night of terror in Lamu as over 60 Al-Shabaab militants surround GSU camp, attack village
It is reported that around 9pm, some of the attackers launched their assault while others surrounded the GSU security camp stationed in the area.The officers reportedly managed to engage the militants for over an hour before they ultimately retreated.
Lamu: Man injured in knife attack in Amu Island
This incident comes amid reports of a rise in cases of machete attacks on Pate Island and Amu Island.
Lamu: Five police officers shot dead, 8 injured in Al-Shabaab attack
According to Lamu Police Commissioner Wesley Koech, preliminary reports indicate that over 70 members of the militia group attempted to cross the Bodhei-Lamu border via Garissa before encountering the police officers attached to the Special Operations Group (SOG)....
Man allegedly dies by suicide inside his house in Lamu
The 28-year-old man's body was found in his house in Umoja Mpeketoni area.
Two people killed, two vehicles razed by Al-Shabaab militants in Lamu
Eye witness reports indicate that approximately ten assailants waylaid a vehicle transporting liquor from Mombasa to Lamu, forcing the driver and his turnboy out before executing them.
10 injured after aircraft crashes, bursts into flames in Lamu
It is said that the aircraft, a 5Y-GOK Cesna 208, flew to Kiunga last week to pick up students from Kibaoni who had excelled in the KCPE examinations for a trip to Nairobi. It flew the students back safely on Sunday.
One killed, houses torched in suspected al Shabaab raid in Lamu
Before setting the houses ablaze, they killed the security guard of Majembeni Primary School.
Man injured following buffalo attack in Lamu County
Locals attacked the buffalo with crude weapons, killing it on the spot.
35 students escape death after boat accident in Lamu
Kenya Red Cross officer Lamu Abdul Hakim Abdu said that the students had come from their villages in Ndhau Island, Kiwayu Island and Makkoni Island.