The death toll of twin attacks last night in Hindi and in Tana Delta has risen to 20.
In Hindi, Lamu county, police found 11 bodies scattered in farms.
The attackers were young men dressed in jungle-wear uniforms. They carried machetes and guns and spoke mainly in Somali language.
The victims, 10 men and one boy, were either hacked to death or shot dead by the attackers in Malamandi, in Hindi division of Lamu West.
Separately, heavily armed attackers invaded Gamba police station, in Garsen, Tana Delta county, killing nine people on the spot including a police officer on duty and inmates.
The attackers also released a suspected ringleader of the recent Mpeketoni attacks who was being held in the police station.
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