Additional security forces have been deployed at Tana River County following a deadly clash that claimed nine lives and left several others injured.
The conflict started on Friday last week with a shooting in the Anole area that killed five people.
A retaliatory attack later that day in Nanighi Village resulted in the deaths of four more individuals and the destruction of several manyattas by fire.
According to Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja, preliminary investigations indicate that the violence was triggered by a dispute between two communities over control of a watering point in Anole.
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“We have scaled up security operations in the area, with reinforcement teams from National Police Service and Kenya Defence Forces, while the Directorate of Criminal Investigations has launched investigations to pursue the perpetrators of this heinous act,” said Kanja.
IG of Police Douglas Kanja.
The IG said the situation is now under control as they urge local communities to continue upholding peace.
