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Raiders Kill 8 in Night Attacks
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The East African Standard (Nairobi)
April 10, 2005
Posted to the web April 10, 2005
Osinde Obare And Samuel Mburu
Nairobi
A police reservist was among four people shot dead by raiders on Thursday at Kaptir village on the West Pokot-Turkana border.
The raiders, numbering about 100, were armed with sophisticated weapons. They are believed to be from the Pokot community. According to eyewitnesses, the raiders struck at around 2pm and surrounded the houses before opening fire.
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Three herdsmen were killed on the spot as terrified villagers ran for cover in the nearby bushes. The raiders overpowered a group of Kenya Police reservists who tried to pursue them, killing one of them and stealing his firearm.
The attackers stole more than 400 goats, which they drove towards Mosor area in Sigor division.
Police backed by GSU officers from Loyapat and Turkwel however pursued the raiders and after a two-hour gun battle managed to recover about 350 animals.
Turkana District Commissioner Njenga Miiri yesterday said he was liaising with his West Pokot counterpart, Mr Stephen Ikur, to recover the rest of the animals.
Miiri said security personnel from the two districts were still pursuing the raiders, who he said were holed up in the bushy Mosor area.
"We are likely to recover the rest of the animals," said the DC in a telephone interview.
More than 10 people have been killed along the volatile border over the past few days.
Reports indicated the attack was meant to avenge a similar raid by the Turkana two weeks ago in which three people were killed.
Meanwhile, four people were killed yesterday in a dawn attack in two locations occupied by the Njemps community in Baringo District.
Heavily armed bandits struck at about 5.30am in Kiserian location where the community's members have sought refuge after two weeks of fighting.
The villagers, according to a witness, were killed at around 7.30am following prolonged gunfire directed at the houses in the village.
Two others, the witness said, were injured in Ng'ambo location, about eight kilometres from Kiserian, where fearful villagers had fled after the initial shooting. Those who were killed included Dominic Lemangi, Ngilip Lekuroito, Langaran Lekateiya and an Administration Police officer, Joseph Lelesepei. Ngiriro Lekosek and Lekijep Lekimongi suffered chest and leg injuries. They were taken to Kabarnet District Hospital where they are undergoing treatment.
The raiders stole hundreds of animals, including 100 cows and 650 goats.
Rift Valley Provincial Police Officer Joseph Kitonyi could not confirm the deaths, saying his men were still on the ground.
"We have sent security personnel to the ground and will only confirm after we receive information on the incident," he said.
Tension was high and families were fleeing both Kiserain and Ng'ambo following the attack.
The raiders are said to have fled with the animals towards Karau Hill in Tangublei division of East Baringo. The number of dead in the fighting has reached eight since the first attack on March 21, when members of the Njemps and Pokot communities retreated from common grazing grounds in Rungus.
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Already, all the Njemps who lived in Mukutani location have fled, some into Laikipia and the others to Kiserian.
A group of Njemps elders travelled to Nakuru yesterday to plead with police at the provincial headquarters to take action.
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