10 people including two police officers were on Tuesday night killed in fresh bandit attacks in Jaldesa, Marsabit County.
Reports indicate that three people were killed when bandits ambushed a vehicle they were travelling in.
The other seven, who include the two police officers, were killed in a retaliatory attack. The police officers are said to have been on patrol during the incident.
Following the attacks, security authorities are currently holed up in a crisis meeting in Marsabit Town as tension is still high.
The incident comes two months after 10 other people were killed in two separate attacks in the County.
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Police Spokesperson Charles Owino noted that at least nine others were injured in the attacks.
In the first attack that happened on the night of August 24, raiders stormed a watering point in Forole where herders were sleeping at around 4AM and opened fire, killing five people.
Steve Oloo, County Police Commander said among those killed were two boys and a girl aged between 13 and 15 years.
After the attack, the group stole cows before crossing over to Ethiopia.
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