Nairobi - At least 24 people have been killed in clashes between members of the public and the banned Mungiki sect in Central Kenya, police said Tuesday.
Police spokesman Eric Kiraithe told the German Press Agency dpa that fighting broke out on Monday evening in and around the town of Karatina, around 100 kilometres north of the capital Nairobi.
The police arrested 34 people on Tuesday night then discovered the bodies early Tuesday morning, Kiraithe said.
It was not clear how many of the dead were members of the banned sect and how many were members of the public.