By Associated Press, Updated: Friday, April 19, 3:36 AM
NAIROBI, Kenya — A police chief says that a masked gunman
believed to be a member of an al-Qaida-linked Somalia militant group stormed a
hotel in a Kenyan city near the border with Somalia and opened fire with an
assault rifle, killing nine people.
Vitalis Okumu said Friday that the Thursday night attack
could have been in retaliation for military activity carried out by African
Union forces, which Kenya is a part of, against al-Shabab militants in Somalia.
Garissa lies near the border with Somalia and has
suffered a string of attacks over the last 18 months by gunmen believed to be
associated with al-Shabab.
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