Event

Mpeketoni attacks

15 Jun 2014 – 17 Jun 2014 · 2.39° S, 40.70° E

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When
15 Jun 2014 – 17 Jun 2014
Kind
Event
Coordinates
2.39° S, 40.70° E

Placed at the town named in the title of the event it links, Mpeketoni.

Mpeketoni attacks

2014 attacks in Mpeketoni, Kenya

Between 15 June and 17 June 2014, more than 60 people were killed in attacks in and near Mpeketoni, Kenya. The Somalia-based Al-Shabaab militant group claimed responsibility, but the Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta asserted that the attacks were organized by local politicians with ties to a network of gangs.

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