Mathira massacre
| Mathira Massacre | |
|---|---|
| Location | Karatina, Kenya |
Attack type | Stonings and hackings |
| Weapons | Axes, clubs, machetes |
| Deaths | At least 29 |
| Injured | At least 3 |
| Perpetrators | Mungiki |
The Mathira massacre was a sequence of unanticipated stonings and hackings which occurred in Karatina, Nyeri District, Central Province in Kenya on 21 April 2009. At least twenty-nine people are known to have died and three others were injured after fighting was reported between residents of the town and alleged members of the illegal Mungiki sect, described as Kenya's version of tribal sects. Police said the majority of the victims were of Mungiki affiliation.