Baragoi clashes

{{Infobox military conflict

| conflict = Baragoi clashes

| date = November 2012

| place = Baragoi, Kenya

| status = Inconclusive

|combatant1 = Turkana tribe

|combatant2 = Samburu tribe

|casualties3 = 46 dead

}}

In November 2012, a series of ethnic clashes between the Samburu and Turkana tribes of Kenya's Samburu County resulted in the deaths of at least 46 people including police officers sent to quell the violence.{{cite web|url=http://www.nation.co.ke/News/How-I-survived-raid-that-killed-42-policemen-/-/1056/1627176/-/2vkty6z/-/index.html|title=How I survived raid that killed 42 policemen|access-date=14 December 2014}}

Cause of conflict

Tribal rivalry and fighting over cattle has been cited as the primary cause of the conflict.[http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Cattle-raids-and-tribal-rivalries-to-blame/-/1056/1623092/-/2j30fx/-/index.html Cattle raids and tribal rivalries to blame for perennial conflict – News]. nation.co.ke.

Major incidents

=November=

In November 2012 over 40 Kenya Police officers and reservists were killed in the Suguta Valley near Baragoi while on a mission to recover stolen cattle.

=December=

Four people were killed and several others injured in renewed cattle raids.[http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000073700&story_title=Kenya-Four-killed-in-fresh-Baragoi-raid Standard Digital News – Kenya : Kenya : Four killed in fresh Baragoi raid]. Standardmedia.co.ke (26 December 2012). This incident took place in Kewab in Baragoi when the Turkana and Samburu tribes.{{cite web|url=http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Three-injured-in-fresh-Baragoi-attacks/-/1056/1651378/-/syt9w1z/-/index.html|title=Three injured in fresh Baragoi attacks|access-date=14 December 2014}}

Government response

As a result of the November incident, the Kenyan Parliamentary Committee on Security sent a team to probe the clashes.{{cite web|url=http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Suspicion-mars-Baragoi-probe/-/1056/1630700/-/qtckta/-/index.html|title=Suspicion mars Baragoi probe|access-date=14 December 2014}}