Al Shabaab millitants. [Photo|Tuko]Reports indicate suspected Al-Shabaab militants attacked Maleli Villiga in Witu, Lamu County, and beheaded three people.Witnesses said the armed gunmen raided the village at around 12 midnight and torched houses, targeting men alone, leaving women and children.
Confirming the Friday attack, County Commissioner Gilbert Kitiyo told the Nation his office had dispatched a contingent of police officers to pursue the attackers, who are believed to have fled to the neighbouring Boni Forest.
Al-Shabaab militia linked to the Al-Qaeda terror network, has been attacking various villages in Lamu, even during few days to the August 8 general election, that saw the County get new governor Fahim Yassin Twaha of Jubilee Party, ousting ANC's Issa Timamy.
The government through Coast Regional Coordinator Nelson Marwa has severally sent a warning shot to residents who supposedly help in sneaking-in the militants, saying the law will not spare them if caught.