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| Bishop Emanuel Barbara |
The Bishop of Malindi Rt. Rev Emmanuel Barbara appeals to people of good will to donate foodstuff, clothing and also give financial support in aid of Mpeketoni attack victims who are now seeking refuge in different parishes in fear of fresh attacks.
Consoling and praying with the victims at Hongwe Parish where the Church has so far received more than thirty refugees, Bishop Barbara said that the immediate need of the affected people is food and shelter.
Bishop Barbara also called for Christians to pray that Kenya remains one and also for the conversion of the attackers who have so far claimed more than 60 lives in two different attacks on the nights of 15th June 2014 and 16th June 2014.
He also called for justice to be done to the perpetrators of the heinous attack as he condoled with the families who had lost their loved ones.
What had Happened
At least 48 people have died following an attack by gun men on the evening of Sunday in Mpeketoni, a Kenyan coastal town of Lamu in the Diocese of Malindi.
The attackers, alleged to be terrorists, attacked hotels and a police station and houses. An eye witness said that gun battles lasted for several hours, while several cars and buildings, including hotels, houses and police station were set on fire. The killers came back on another day (Tuesday night) and carried the attack whereby over 15 people were killed on the same area to make the number rise to over 60.
This is the most deadly attack in Kenya since last September, when at least 67 people were killed during a siege by al-Shabab fighters at Nairobi's Westgate shopping centre.
SOURCE: KCCB, Waumini Communications and AMECEA Social Communications