Summary Coast Provincial Police Chief Aggrey Adoli confirmed the attack but declined to give a death toll.
At least six people were killed and several wounded Friday in an attack on a village in southeast Kenya, where deadly tribal violence erupted last summer, police said.
"Unknown people raided Kipao village at dawn and unleashed terror," a police officer told AFP on condition of anonymity.
"There are six people from one of the communities who have been killed after they were shot," added another police source. "For now we are sure of the six, because we have seen the bodie. We have been told there are 12 others but it has not been verified."
Coast Provincial Police Chief Aggrey Adoli confirmed the attack but declined to give a death toll.
"There was an attack in Tana River, the exact number of the dead or injured people is not yet clear," he said.
In August and September more than 100 people were killed in violence between rival communities along the Tana river -- the Orma who are herders and the Pokomo who are mainly farmers.
According to police sources, tensions between the two communities have risen in the past few days during a disarmament operation.
"There has been tension in the last two days over an order to have communities surrender arms, some were feeling the government was lenient on one side," a police source said.
