Nairobi, April 26 -- Tension has gripped Tseikuru region in Kitui County after suspected camel herders gunned down seven residents. Tseikuru Sub-county Police Commander Mecha Mogeni confirmed the attack which occurred at  Kwa Kamari Township along the Mwingi-Tseikuru road on Saturday evening.

"Attackers stormed Kwa Kamari market and opened fire indiscriminately. They killed three people at the market. They killed others in  Mwingi Game Reserve. A man who sustained a gunshot is recuperating at the Tseikuru Sub-county Hospital. We are pursuing crucial leads," he said Sunday.

Those killed are a woman and six men. Witnesses said the assailants indiscriminately also set up shops, a petrol station and motorcycles on fire. When the d...