Lamu County Commissioner Irungu Macharia confirmed that six people have been killed in Lamu saying investigations are underway.
Reports say that Six people have been killed following an attack by suspected Al Shabaab militants at Widhu Majembeni area in Lamu County.
According to police, the suspected militants also torched several houses in the Monday morning attack.
One of the victims was shot dead, another was hacked to death while the other four were burnt to death in their house.
In a statement, the group said that it had killed allegedly killed Kenyan military soldiers in an explosion on Sunday while travelling between Sankuran and Kayunga areas of lamu town.
However, the Somalian website could not independently verify the claims.
We can also confirm that, by the time of going to press, the Kenyan military officials in the area had not yet commented on the alleged attack.
In September, a massive bomb attack was reported in Lamu County near the Somali border targeting a Kenyan military convoy. The landmine explosion struck a convoy of Kenyan troops traveling between Kayunga and Shangani in Lamu County with witnesses saying KDF opened fire after the IED assault.
Al-Shabaab took the responsibility for the attack, saying it killed 15 Kenyan soldiers and destroyed a BG vehicle. There were no independent sources confirming the claims.
The Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) continued their march, conducting mine-clearing operations on the road between Kayunga and Shangani in Lamu County. The Kenyan troops face direct attacks and bombings from al-Shabaab during their travels in the North Eastern Province, and occasionally suffer heavy casualties in the IED raids.
On the 26th of December, residents in terror-prone areas of Lamu county have been advised to vacate as multi-agency teams advance in preparation for an operation to flush out al Shabaab militants from their hideouts in the Boni forest.
