By NATION AFRICA More by this AuthorA lorry driver and his co-driver were killed on Tuesday morning following an ambush by suspected Al Shabaab militants near Lango La Simba area on the Lamu-Witu-Garsen Road. Lamu West Deputy County Commissioner Gabriel Kioni said the vehicle was waylaid by the heavily armed militants between 6.30am and 7am. Read: One killed, 6 injured in suspected Kenya Shabaab attackKioni said the terrorists had earlier torched eight houses and a church at Salama village in Lamu West at night. “I can confirm that two people, a driver and the co-driver of a lorry, have been killed at Lango La Simba this morning…Their bodies have been taken to the Mpeketoni Sub-County Hospital. Local administrators, who talked to Nation.Africa on condition of anonymity, said no casualties were reported at Salama village as most of the residents are living in an IDP camp.

Source: Daily Nation August 22, 2023 16:03 UTC