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A man was arrested in Lamu as a suspect in the Mpeketoni killings.

Mr Dyana Salim, was the driver of one of the two vehicles that the killers commandeered for their murderous mission.

Director of Criminal Investigation Muhoro Ndegwa on Thursday said Mr Salim was the only suspect in custody but Friday four people, including a man said to be an official of the Orange Democratic Party in the area, appeared in a Lamu court in the afternoon.

Mr Salim was among them.

Mr Salim appeared before acting senior resident magistrate D.M Ireri alongside Mr Lucas Bososi Ombui and Mr Idris Dada Farah and Ms Cecily Njeri Ndugo.

Before his arrest, Mr Salim narrated from a hospital bed in Lamu his ordeal at the hands of the gunmen.

“I was driving from Malindi to Lamu with other matatus. On reaching Mambo Sasa, we heard gunshots. A group of gunmen who had parked two vehicles in the middle of the road ordered us to drive into the forest. I had seven passengers on board and the other matatu had six,” he said.

Mr Salim said the attackers then ordered them to lie on their stomachs before assaulting them with gun butts, kicks and blows before ordering him to surrender his vehicle.

“They kicked me in the eye and I was afraid they would kill me. They only let me go after I agreed to surrender the vehicle,” said Mr Salim at the King Fahad District Hospital.

However, he said, the driver of the other matatu and his conductor were shot after they refused to surrender their vehicle.

PICKED UP BY A BUS

He said he does not know what happened to the passengers in the matatus.

Mr Salim said after he was set free, he walked to the main road with the intention of reporting the incident to Witu police station but he was picked up by a bus heading to Lamu.