More than 20 people missing after clashes on the Kenya-Ethiopia border

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya has tightened security on its border with Ethiopia following an attack by gunmen in what authorities say are cross-border clashes. Twenty people are missing.

Interior Minister Kipchumba Murkomen said Monday that the government was working with Ethiopian authorities to find the missing.

Fishermen from Ethiopia clashed with their Kenyan counterparts on the Omo River on Saturday, Turkana County Governor Jeremiah Lomorukai said Sunday. Local authorities reported that 15 boats were missing.

The Turkana community of Kenya and the Dassanach community of Ethiopia share economic activities such as herding and fishing.

The area has seen cattle raids into neighbouring villages in the past. Kenya had hired additional police reservists to support the border area, but the raiders often flee to Ethiopia.

Murkomen said Kenya would set up a border post where all incoming people would be checked.

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