Kenya's Churches Urge Arrests in Attacks: Suspicious Killings Thought Orchestrated by Government

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Nairobi Kenya's churches have told the country's government to arrest the "masterminds" behind an outbreak of violence in the coastal town of Mombasa and the surrounding area following an August attack on the town's Likoni Catholic Church during which two people were killed. More than 2,000 people had taken shelter in the Likoni church compound on August 13 after a wave of violence broke out directed against "up-country" settlers from outside the region. That day's violence cost the lives of nine police officers and at least 40 citizens who were either shot or slashed to death with machetes. The attackers have distributed pamphlets claiming they were fighting for self rule for the coastal …