Three people are feared dead following an attack by five knife-wielding men who attacked a tallying centre in Tana River County.
During the attack at the tallying centre for Galole constituency in Hola secondary school, one person was stabbed to death by the attackers while several others sustained injuries.
The police manning the tallying centre responded quickly and managed to kill two of the attackers as the others escaped.
According to the Star, the person who was killed was a student at Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC).
The attack disrupted vote tallying at the centre as IEBC officials, agents, journalists, candidates and their supporters stormed out of the station in fear.
Trouble started after the incumbent Governor Hussein Dado and MP Hassan Dukicha complained about numbers not tallying in the poll reports.
Coast Police boss Larry Kieng who confirmed to a local newspaper said that 3 people had been killed in the attack and police were still pursuing the attackers.
“Two of the attackers were killed. They were only armed with knives. We want to warn if the incident is politically motivated then the politicians there should know that we will deal with them.”
“We understand that the tallying centre exercise in ongoing and if some leaders have sensed defeat and want to misuse the youth then they should know that we will deal with them accordingly,” said Mr Kieng.
[Police officers man a polling station at Tala Township Primary School in 2013.] Photo/nation.co.ke]