At least 48 killed in Kenya

(ANSA) - Rome, June 16 - Militants killed at least 48 people in attacks on hotels and a police station in the Kenyan coastal town of Mpeketoni, the deadliest assault since at least 67 people were killed during a siege at Nairobi's Westgate shopping centre last September . Mpeketoni is on the mainland near Lamu island, a well-known tourist resort. Kenya has suffered several militant attacks since its forces entered neighbouring Somalia in 2011 to combat the al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab group.