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Kenya Red Cross: 39 people killed in clashes

By Tom Odula
Published December 21, 2012 4:55pm ET
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Kenya Red Cross: 39 people killed in clashes
An injured woman is treated at the district hospital in Malindi Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, following tribal clashes in Kipao village in the Tana River Delta region of southeastern Kenya. At least 39 people including men, women, children, and attackers, were killed when farmers from the Pokomo tribe, armed with spears and AK-47 rifles, raided a village of semi-nomadic Orma herders early Friday in renewed fighting between two communities with a history of violent animosity, a police official said. (AP Photo) | STR

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — At least 39 people were killed when farmers raided a village of herders in southeastern Kenya early Friday in renewed fighting between two communities with a history of violent animosity, a police official said.

Thirteen children, six women, 11 men and nine attackers were killed said police official Anthony Kamitu.

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