Forty-eight people, including 11 children, were massacred on Wednesday morning in a fight over water and pasture in Tana River County.

In what is believed to be a revenge attack, the Orma residents of Riketa village, Tarasa division, deep in the swamps of the Tana delta were set upon by raiders thought to be from the Pokomo.

The attack is believed to be in revenge for another one a week ago at a village called Kau, in Kilelengwani, some 10 kilometres from Riketa, in which suspected Orma herdsmen killed three Pokomo villagers, injured six others, killed livestock and burnt homes.

The two ethnic groups have a long history of conflict over access to the waters of Tana River and the fertile lands of the delta.

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