"The attack occurred on Sunday night when eight gunmen hijacked two vans at Witu and commandeered the driver to Mpeketoni where they opened fire indiscriminately at anyone they came across.

It is believed they were joined by their accomplices who were already in the town because witnesses said they saw more than 50 attackers."

Mpeketoni is a very small town, 50 heavily armed gunmen could easily have wiped out kila mtu including the police officers in the town. I'll repeat again, we need to deploy KDF ASAP!

@Swenani....Tribal cleansing??? Are you serious! I doubt those gunmen asked their victims to produce ID cards before opening fire.

Washiku, second time I'm telling you to smell the coffee. Ni hayo tu.

I dont see how an attack in a remote town 300Kms away from Mombasa would have forced the UK to close its consulate in Mombasa.

You are not seriously defending this incompetence. About 12 hours have passed since this attack began.The minister and if possible the PORK needs to get to the scene immediately. A press statement should have been released on what exactly took place. This should be followed by an assurance that people should be calm and steps are being taken to keep residents safe and to arrest the suspects. Keeping quiet when almost 50 Kenyans have been slaughtered only makes the government look weak and indecisive.