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LAMU, Kenya, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Suspected Somali Islamist militant group, Al-Shabaab, beheaded three people and torched several houses in the latest overnight attacks in Kenya's coastal region of Lamu.
Kenyan Coast Regional Police Commander Larry Kieng confirmed the attack at Maleli on Friday, saying security officers are pursuing the attackers.
"We have launched investigation into the attack at Maleli village by suspected Al-Shabaab militants, who also torched several houses," Kieng told Xinhua by telephone.
Several areas in northeastern Kenya that border Somalia have been the target of Al-Shabaab terrorists who have killed innocent citizens since Kenyan soldiers entered Somalia in 2011 to secure the two countries' shared border.
