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Police unveil names behind Coast killings

Residents assess the damage done to Pandanguo Primary School in Lamu County when unknown assailants attacked the area on Friday.
 Residents assess the damage done to Pandanguo Primary School in Lamu County when unknown assailants attacked the area on Friday.  PHOTOS: JONAH ONYANGO/STANDARD].

Coast, Kenya: The Standard on Sunday can now authoritatively reveal the name of an Al Shabaab commander who led the fighters that carried out deadly attacks in Lamu County.

Intelligence reports say that Idris Kamau, a Kenyan of Kikuyu ethnicity, was the mastermind of the spate of terror attacks in Lamu that have so far claimed 87 lives. This information is contained in a report prepared by the National Intelligence Service (NIS) and sent to police stations in the Coast region on June 4.

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