Gunfire heard in Kenyan coastal area of Lamu - officials


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  • Sunday, 06 Jul 2014

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Gunfire was heard on Saturday night in the Kenyan coastal county of Lamu, where 65 people were killed in two attacks last month, officials said on Sunday.

The Kenya National Disaster Operation Centre said on its Twitter feed that the gunfire had been at Hindi trading centre, situated 15 km (9 miles) from the town of Lamu, and close to the town of Mpeketoni, which was nearly destroyed in one of the attacks last month.

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