The police are now attributing the deaths of 21 people in Lamu County to the outlawed Mombasa Republican Council (MRC).
According to Deputy Inspector General of Police Grace Kaindi the 21 people had died in two attacks which were simultaneously carried out by unknown people in Hindi and Gamba areas.
There were earlier reports that the al-Shabab had carried out the attack claims refuted by Kaindi.
Meanwhile Deputy President William Ruto who visited the two scenes of attack issued a 48 hour ultimatum to security forces in the greater coastal region to arrest the culprits dead or alive.
AUTHOR: BEN GUMO