Hundreds flee ethnic violence along Tana River-Kilifi boundary

Kilifi County locals displaced arrive at the Kurawa-Kangoni Primary School grounds in the County. They are among hundreds fleeing from their Msurujani-Katsangani villages at the Kilifi and Tana River Counties’ border following clashes between farmers and a pastoralists. PHOTO BY MAARUFU MOHAMED/STANDARD

KILIFI: About 80 families fleeing ethnic violence between farming and pastoralist tribes in Hurara division of Tana Delta sub-county in Tana River County have arrived at Kanagoni Primary school in Kilifi County.

They have been arriving at the school, exhausted and hungry, according to reports which indicate most fled when their houses were burnt down or for fear of reprisal attacks.