Lamu County (Kenya) - Gunmen believed to be Al-Shabaab militia raided a village in Kiunga, Lamu County and killed two people before escaping. Witnesses and police said the victims were shot dead at close range in the attack in Mararani area on Wednesday dawn. A combined team of security agents was sent to the area to pursue the killers. The victims were on foot in the area when they were attacked. "A team of security agents was dispatched there to pursue the killers and they are yet to communicate," said an officer operating there. The incident came three days after President Kenyatta had ordered an operation on the militants. "We shall finish them. When we get them, we will not jail but bury them," he said of the terrorists who have turned Boni Forest into a playground, attacking and killing locals before retreating there. The militants had killed 13 people in Jima and Pandaguo areas a week earlier. The area has seen new wave of attacks in the past months claiming more than ten lives. On June 27, four pupils and four policemen were killed in an IED attack launched by the militants in Kiunga on a police vehicle. Security agents were had been warned of Al-Shabaab attacks within Kiunga area, Milihoi, after roughly 100 of them were spotted by locals.