Several arrests have been made over this week’s deadly attacks on Kenya’s coast including suspected ringleaders, according to a local police chief.
David Kimaiyo said: “We have arrested several suspects in connection to Mpeketoni incident including the owner and driver of one the vehicles used by attackers,”
He added that someone had been arrested for using social media to say that Somali Islamist group al-Shabab was behind the attacks, the BBC reported.
“Also in police custody is a suspect who was operating social media accounts purportedly used by al-Shabab to claim responsibility.”
Some 60 people were killed in two days of violence in Mpeketoni, near the tourist resort area of Lamu island on Sunday and went on to attack other villages on Monday.
Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta has denied al-Shabab’s claim to be behind the raids and has blamed local political groups.