Nine beheaded in suspected al-Shabab attack​, in Kenya

Suspected al-Shabab fighters beheaded nine men, in a night attack on a village in the Kenyan coastal district of Lamu, police said.

This event took place days after the armed group killed three police officers in an attack on a village.

A witness, confirmed the death toll to Reuters news agency. It said in a tweet that the 12-hour curfew, from 6:30pm (1530 GMT), affects parts of Lamu, Garissa and Tana River and is to be in place for the next three months.

The President had recently appointed Education Minister Fred Matiangi as acting security minister, Kenyatta promised there would be "no vacuum in securing our country".

UCJ, UNILORIN.