Kenya: Tourist Resort Attacked on Eve of Election

By Larry Habegger and Laurie Weed | Permalink | No Comments | February 27th, 2013 | Trackback

An Italian tourist was shot and hospitalized when a gang of masked men, armed with guns and machetes, attacked a coastal resort near Malindi Feb. 20. On the eve of the country’s general election, scheduled for Mar. 4, experts warn that tensions are running high, and tourists may be swept up in local protests or even targeted. The upcoming elections may heighten ongoing tribal conflict, political instability, terrorist threats and riots—all issues that contributed to a recently updated travel warning from the U.S. State Dept. This election will be the first under the country’s new constitution, which was passed in 2010.

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