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Twelve killed in cattle raid in the northwest

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    Twelve people were killed on Sunday during violent clashes between rival pastoralist groups in northwestern Kenya , the 'East African Standard' reported. Some 100 Sudanese Toposa cattle raiders armed with AK-47 assault rifles attacked Nanam village, 80 km northwest of Lokichokio town, stealing 100 head of cattle before fleeing towards the Sudanese border. AP quoted Kenyan police spokesman Joseph Limo as saying that 10 Toposa and two Kenyan Turkana herdsmen were killed during a gun battle lasting more than two hours. The incident comes less than a week after a group of Toposa raiders killed eight Turkana in an attack at Kamutia, 160 km northwest of Lokichokio. The 'East African Standard' quoted the Turkana District Commissioner as saying security patrols had been intensified along the Kenya-Sudan border.

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