Kenyan minister attacked

Nairobi: A cabinet minister was roughed up and three people were killed in an attack by machete-wielding militiamen in Kenya, Xinhua reported. The attack took place Thursday in the coastal town of Kilifi. Police said the three men were killed after a mob disrupted a meeting addressed by Fisheries Minister Amason Kingi in Mtwapa in Kilifi county. The minister`s bodyguards were injured. Sources tod Xinhua that Kingi, who opposes the Mombasa Republic Council`s call for secession of the coastal region, escaped unhurt after a gang suspected to be from the council disrupted the meeting. IANS