Kenya: 6 Mombasa Republican Council (MRC) separatists and a police officer killed in Malindi attack
Six suspected members of the Mombasa Republican Council were gunned down by police in a Thursday dawn attack following a raid at a Casino in Malindi town.
A police officer deployed to guard the Casino died during the shootout while several other officers were injured.
Malindi deputy divisional police boss Samson Ogero was also seriously injured in the midnight attack when over 100 militia men attacked him.
The raiders who were armed with pangas, guns, petrol bombs and other crude weapons raided a Malindi Casino which had been flocked by tourists during the night.
Four police officers on guard ambushed them and a fierce exchange ensued between the police and the militias.