Doubts have been raised over claims by Somali Islamist group al-Shabaab it carried out raids which killed at least 29 people on two separate areas on the Kenyan coast.<br /><br />A ministry official confirmed nine people were killed in one attack and twenty in a second.<br /><br />The gunmen struck on Saturday (July 5) evening at Hindi close to the town of Lamu and in the Gamba area of Tana River county.<br /><br />One police official said they found graffiti with the slogan MRC near to the attack which could implicate the coastal separatist group the Mombasa Republic Movement in the killings.<br /><br />But the MRC has denied any role and blamed the government for using the group as a scapegoat amid mounting concerns over security in the area.<br /><br />Al Shabaab – who struck at Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi last year killing 67 people – told Reuters it was behind both the latest attacks.
