Five killed in Kenya district town flare-up

Five people were killed in Moyale, a Kenya region near Ethiopia border, after fresh overnight clashes on Thursday between Borana and Garba clans.

Moyale District Commissioner Elias Kithura said several injured people had been rushed to Moyale district hospital.

The renewed violence, which broke out on Tuesday, has now spread out to other parts of the district.

Police and Kenya military officers have been deployed to the Butiye, Gurumesa and Helu areas where the communities have been fighting since November last year albeit intermittently. (READ: Police arrest 26 suspects over Moyale, Isiolo attacks)

The violence in the area has sucked in Ethiopian fighters from both communities to take part in the conflict on the Kenya side.

The new round of fighting has disrupted transport in the area since Tuesday as authorities could not allow vehicles to leave the town since it was insecure to travel.