Gunmen attack Kenyan coastal town: Army

Gunmen in Kenya attacked a busy coastal town, spraying bullets as they opened fire from two minibuses, the army said, adding the attackers were suspected to be Islamist insurgents.

Kenyan army spokesman Major Emmanuel Chirchir said the gunmen entered the western town of Mpeketoni yesterday, a trading centre on the main coastal road, and started "shooting people around in town".

The "assailants (are) likely to be Al-Shebab," Chirchir said, referring to Somalia's Al-Qaeda-linked insurgents.