Raiders kill six as they besiege monastery

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This is taking place in Kenya.
Fr Dominic Vincent Nkoyoyo, a priest at the monastery, told the Sunday Nation that the youths armed with bows, arrows and machetes attacked the institution from Morou, Kasaeen, Kamusyan, Mutagoron and Kutung areas.
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The monastery is currently housing over 600 victims of post-election violence.
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“The police have collected five bodies from the area around the monastery. They have also brought in four wounded victims of the violence. The victims whom we are treating at our (health) facility here have arrow wounds,” Fr Nkoyoyo said.
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The priest who spoke to the Sunday Nation on phone said he had called the DC to send in more policemen to the institution as he feared the few officers there were likely to be overwhelmed by the attackers.
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nationmedia.com/dailynation/nmgcontententry.asp?category_id=2&newsid=114986
 
Eternal rest grant unto them O Lord, and may perpetual light shine upon them. Amen.
 
This is so horrible. I have several Kenyan friends. Kenya had its problems, but NO ONE expected this. It is just disasterous. Please keep Africa and Kenya in particular in your prayers tonite and for now on until peace returns.
 
There are more martyrs in the 20 & probably the 21st century since we started counting. Please communion of saints intercede for peace and justice.
 
Thank you for your prayers, conditions improved for a few days, but worsened over the weekend:
On Saturday, for the second time in a week, hundreds of youths attacked a monastery in Kipkelion where more than 600 Kikuyus and Kisiis are sheltering. The 10 policemen guarding the compound managed to repel them, but Father Dominic Nkoyoyo, the Catholic priest running the monastery, told the Guardian that another attempt may be imminent, despite efforts by the local opposition MP to calm tensions. “I have received information that there could be an attack tonight or tomorrow morning,” he said.
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guardian.co.uk/kenya/story/0,2247863,00.html

I am trying to find more information, but the situation in Kenya is so tragic it is hard to read through it all. 😦
 
These martyrs rest in the eternal embrace of God. While we pray for the living, may they pray for us. This is the communion of saints in action.
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