2012–2013 Tana River District clashes
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In August 2012, a series of ethnic clashes between the Orma and Pokomo peoples of Kenya's Tana River District resulted in the deaths of at least fifty-two people. The violence was the worst of its kind in Kenya since the country's 2007–08 crisis, which left 118 people dead and more than 13,500 displaced – over 50% of the 13,500 were children, women and the elderly.[3]
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Location | Tana River District |
Coordinates | 1°30′S 40°0′E |
Date | 22 August 2012 |
Target | Orma people |
Attack type | Ethnic-communal clashes between Orma and Pokomo people |
Weapons | Machetes, bows and arrows, spears, handguns |
Deaths | 118[1][2][3] |
Perpetrators | Pokomo people |
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