At least nine people were killed and more than 100 houses torched on Thursday in fresh violence in Kenya's Rift Valley province, a police commander and a local official said.
"The attack targeted two villages. Nine people have been killed and eleven other people have sustained serious panga cuts and have been rushed to local hospitals," said Laikipia West district commissioner Julius Mutula. The violence took place in villages around the town of Laikipia, north-west of Nairobi. A police commander speaking on condition of anonymity also said that at least 100 houses had been torched.