NAIROBI, (Reuters) – Masked assailants launched simultaneous gun and grenade raids on two churches in a Kenyan town today, killing at least 17 people in the worst attack in the country since Kenya sent troops into Somalia to crush al Shabaab militants.
More than 60 people were wounded in the attacks in Garissa, the north Kenya town which has been used as a base for operations against al Qaeda-linked insurgents in Somalia.
“This is the worst single attack since October, when our troops went into Somalia,” national police spokesman Eric Kiraithe told Reuters.
