A number of residents in Kenya’s Baringo county, in the Rift Valley, are reported to have fled to neighbouring counties as police step up an operation against bandits.
Privately-owned newspaper Daily Nation reports that residents fear the police operation could be heavy-handed and draw in innocent people.
Armed herders from the Pokot and Tugen ethnic groups have been blamed for being behind killings of 10 people and the displacement of thousands.
Schools in the region remain closed and it is unclear when they will reopen.
The area police boss Robinson Ndiwa said the operation was only targeting criminals:
We will follow them to their hideouts and we urge the locals not to fear because we are not targeting a community but criminals.
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