Shebab Claim New Attack in Kenya, Police Say at Least 10 Dead

At least 10 people have been killed in a new overnight attack near Kenya’s coast, police said on Tuesday, with Somalia’s Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab rebels claiming responsibility.

Police said gunmen, apparently part of the same group that massacred close to 50 people in the town of Mpeketoni overnight Sunday, attacked a village in the same region overnight on Monday and left 10 dead.

Kenyan police spokeswoman Zipporah Mboroki confirmed an attack had occurred overnight, although local police and a county official said there were at least 10 dead.