Gunmen attack bars in Kenya, five dead

Gunmen sprayed bullets at New Year revellers in two bars in northeastern Kenya on Sunday, killing five people, a witness and police said, the latest in a wave of attacks near the border with Somalia.

Gunmen sprayed bullets at New Year revellers in two bars in northeastern Kenya on Sunday, killing five people, a witness and police said, the latest in a wave of attacks near the border with Somalia.

Kenyan security forces suspect al Shabaab Islamist rebels, who are fighting the Western-backed government in Somalia, are also behind a string of deadly strikes in the border region.

A worker at one of the bars in the town of Ga rissa said gunmen approached in a vehicle, opened fire and then drove away.

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"The guys fired from the vehicle. They first shot the guard, (and then) shot those who tried to leave and those at the entrance," said a witness.