Mpeketoni attacks

2014 Mpeketoni attacks
Part of terrorism in Kenya
LocationMpeketoni, Kenya
Date15 June 2014 (2014-06-15)
17:30 (GMT)
Attack type
Terrorist attack, mass murder, arson, anti-Christian hate crime, mass shooting, van hijacking
Deaths60+
PerpetratorsAl-Shabaab

Between 15 June and 17 June 2014, more than 60 people were killed in attacks in and near Mpeketoni, Kenya. The Somalia-based Al-Shabaab militant group claimed responsibility, but the Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta asserted that the attacks were organized by local politicians with ties to a network of gangs. Correspondents from the area suggested that the attacks may have been motivated by ethnic or religious hatred, or revenge for land grabbing.