June 07, 2007

BBC NEWS | Africa | Kenya police shoot sect suspects


BBC NEWS | Africa | Kenya police shoot sect suspects
: "Police in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, have shot 12 Mungiki suspects during a major crackdown on followers of the banned sect, a commander says.

The police and paramilitaries have sealed off Mathare slum for a third day in a search for guns and sect members.

The BBC's Karen Allen at the scene says she saw several dead bodies being brought out of slum dwellings.

Twenty-one people were killed by police in a shoot-out on Tuesday following the killing of two policemen on patrol.

'When we were arresting, some of them came out shooting. As we fired back, 12 were killed,' police commander Paul Ruto told AP news agency." Read complete post here.