Victims of Lamu Al-Shabaab attacks narrate how their men died in hands of militants

Men in the terror-prone villages of Lamu County are a worried lot. This is due to a trend by suspected al-Shabaab militants, who have evidently been on the hunt, to eliminate men in several villages.

Since 2014, Lamu has been on the receiving end of terror attacks that have left hundreds of people dead with property worth millions of shillings destroyed by the insurgents.

The worst al-Shabaab attack witnessed in Lamu is that of June 15, 2014, in Mpeketoni and Kibaoni towns, which left at least 90 men dead just in one night.

Nation established that in all the attacks, it is rare to have female casualties, with witnesses who have survived the attacks saying the militants often tell them openly that they are out to eliminate all men in the villages.

This year alone, at least 30 people, both civilians and security officers lost their lives in the hands of the terrorists. Out of this, only one was a woman.