Gunmen attack bars in northeast Kenya, 5 dead

GARISSA, Kenya (Reuters) – Gunmen sprayed bullets at New Year revellers in two bars in northeastern Kenya on Sunday, killing five people, a witness and police said, the latest in a wave of attacks near the border with Somalia. Kenyan security forces suspect al Shabaab Islamist rebels, who are fighting the Western-backed government in Somalia, are also behind a string of deadly strikes in the border region. A worker at one of the bars in the town of Garissa said gunmen approached in a vehicle, opened fire and then drove away. “The guys fired from the vehicle. …
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