Mass graves found after tribal fighting in Kenya's Tana delta

MOMBASA (REUTERS) - Two mass graves were found in Kenya's coastal Tana River region, police said on Tuesday, a week after at least 38 people were shot, hacked and burnt to death as two tribes fought over land and water.

The graves were discovered in Kilelengwani village, the epicentre of fighting that has killed 100 people in the last three weeks, including nine police officers.

The scale of the recent unrest has left many Kenyans convinced it was politically instigated and has raised fears of serious tribal fighting before elections next March.

President Mwai Kibaki imposed a curfew last week and sent extra security forces to the area to try to end the violence, intensified by an influx of weapons in the last few years.