37 to 42 officers in Kenya killed over the weekend by cattle rustlers with many guns. A definite amount of officers down has not been released by the Security Minister Katoo Ole Metito for not wanting civilians or others to know the true amount for security reasons. For many years now, the Turkana and Samburu tribes of northern Kenya have been fighting with one another by means of taking large amounts of cattle from one another. The officers had intervened after being sent in to return cattle taken from the Samburu by the Turkana. The Turkana had been warned by the officers that they would have to take the cattle by force if they were not returned by last Friday. During the fray, however, the cattle rustlers of Turkana were heavily armed and within a well fortified village which led to dozens of officers killed.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/13/world/africa/kenya-ambush/index.html?hpt=wo_bn7
Christina Drozek
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