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Seven killed in another night of terror in Lamu

Lamu, Kenya: Thirteen days after 22 people were killed in a brutal raid on a police station in Tana River and Hindi township in Lamu County, attackers struck again on Friday evening, killing passengers and police officers on duty.

Seven people, including four policemen from the Rural Border Patrol Unit (RBPU), a nurse who was returning to his Hindi Dispensary station, and two other unidentified passengers were killed when armed militiamen attacked a bus on the Mombasa-Lamu highway. The 7pm attack took place at Masha Masha between Witu and Mpeketoni in Lamu County.

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