Gunmen open fire in Kenyan coastal town, set fire to hotels
By Ralph Ellis, CNN
updated 7:39 AM EDT, Mon June 16, 2014
(CNN) -- Attackers thought to be members of the Al Shabaab terrorist group shot and hacked people to death Sunday evening in the Kenyan coastal town of Mpeketoni.
The group of attackers entered the town center and began killing people before moving into a residential area where they moved door-to-door.
The Kenya Red Cross put the death toll from the incidents at 48.
The Kenyan National Disaster Operation Centre said the gunmen set fire to two hotels used as boarding houses. They also torched vehicles, houses and shops. Video from the scene showed bullet-pocked walls and burned-out vehicles.
The Disaster Operation Centre blamed the attacks on the Al Shabaab terrorist group.
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