NAIROBI (Reuters) - Livestock rustlers have killed at least 30 people in Kenya's remote Turkana region where clashes over scarce pasture and water resources often flare, a local leader said on Saturday.
Heavily armed raiders from the Pokot community attacked theTurkana, about 300 kilometres (185 miles) north of the capitalNairobi, and made away with at least 700 animals, arealegislator Josphat Nanok told Reuters.
"The place where the killing happened is very remote andcan only be accessed by aircraft. So far the police have noteven been to the scene to get the facts on the ground," Nanoktold Reuters of the attack on Tuesday night.
Castle rustling is common among pastoral communities livingin the sparsely populated north and northeastern parts of Kenyawhich has hostile terrain that is difficult for securitypersonnel to patrol.
Competition for scarce resources such as water and pastureland has fuelled the attacks.
Nanok said five critically injured people were transferredto Lodwar general hospital in Turkana.
Police were not immediately available to comment.
(Reporting by Wangui Kanina, editing by Mary Gabriel)
