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September 12, 2011, Monday
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ARMED men killed a British man and kidnapped his wife from a beach resort in northern Kenya near the East African nation's border with lawless Somalia, a Nairobi-based diplomat said yesterday.
Britain's Foreign Office confirmed that two British citizens were attacked near Kenya's border with Somalia and that one was killed, but declined to comment further.
The diplomat said attackers broke into their accommodation overnight on Saturday at the Kiwayu Safari Village resort about 50 kilometers north of the island resort of Lamu. He declined to give further details.
Kenyan police spokesman Eric Kiraithe declined to give details but said police have launched a search and rescue operation.
According to Kiraithe, there was no answer from the resort, which consists of 18 luxury cottages spread along a private beach.
The police spokes man said it was unclear if the attackers came from neighboring Somalia, where pirates often prey on foreigners and an al-Qaida-linked insurgent group called al-Shabab holds much of the south, or if they were Kenyans.
A statement posted on the Kenyan Foreign Office travel advise website said: "We continue to advise against all but essential travel to within 30 kilometers of Kenya's border with Somalia. There have been previous attacks by Somali militia into Kenya. Three aid workers were kidnapped in July 2009, and two western nuns in November 2008."
Attacks on tourists are unusual in Kenya, which is popular for its safari vacations and pristine beaches.
Britain's Foreign Office confirmed that two British citizens were attacked near Kenya's border with Somalia and that one was killed, but declined to comment further.
The diplomat said attackers broke into their accommodation overnight on Saturday at the Kiwayu Safari Village resort about 50 kilometers north of the island resort of Lamu. He declined to give further details.
Kenyan police spokesman Eric Kiraithe declined to give details but said police have launched a search and rescue operation.
According to Kiraithe, there was no answer from the resort, which consists of 18 luxury cottages spread along a private beach.
The police spokes man said it was unclear if the attackers came from neighboring Somalia, where pirates often prey on foreigners and an al-Qaida-linked insurgent group called al-Shabab holds much of the south, or if they were Kenyans.
A statement posted on the Kenyan Foreign Office travel advise website said: "We continue to advise against all but essential travel to within 30 kilometers of Kenya's border with Somalia. There have been previous attacks by Somali militia into Kenya. Three aid workers were kidnapped in July 2009, and two western nuns in November 2008."
Attacks on tourists are unusual in Kenya, which is popular for its safari vacations and pristine beaches.
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