The attack by al-Shabab occurred in villages that border Somalia, an area where the group often carries out raids.
Five civilians have been killed by armed assailants who attacked two villages in southeast Kenya, police said.
The attack on Sunday occurred in the villages of Juhudi and Salama in Lamu County, which borders Somalia, the police source said.
The attackers also burned houses and destroyed property.
A 60-year-old man was bound with a rope and “his throat slit, his house was burnt…