Nairobi , Kenya ( CNN ) -- Revenge attacks targeting a village in southeast Kenya killed 10 people Thursday , including women and children , the nation 's Red Cross said . The deaths occurred in Tana River district , the latest in a series of attacks in the area . Read more : Dozens of Kenyans killed in dawn raid . A day earlier , nine others died in an attack that left homes torched in a nearby village , according to the Kenyan Red Cross . Attacks and revenge raids have soared in the region in recent months . Read more : Second blast in 3 days hits Somali neighborhood in Kenya . Late last month , rival tribesmen armed with arrows and machetes clashed at dawn , leaving 32 dead , the Red Cross said . In the December attack , at least 30 more were injured in the clashes between Pokomo and Orma tribes in the district , the Kenya Red Cross said in a statement . Both sides have engaged in retaliatory clashes in recent months . Read more : Police : 38 Kenyan officers killed in ambush involving cattle . It 's unclear what triggered the latest clashes , but the two groups have fought for years over grazing rights , land and water sources . Pokomos are largely farmers while the semi-nomadic Orma tribesmen mostly tend to livestock . The former have accused the latter of grazing cattle on land that does not belong to them . Violence between the two escalated after an August confrontation killed more than 50 people in the same region . Kenya has dispatched hundreds of officers to the area in recent months , but authorities in the east African nation have been criticized for failing to stop the carnage . Read related : Election rekindles memory of Kenyan village 's love affair with President Obama .
At least 19 people killed in two days of fighting . The area has seen recent fighting between Pokomo and Orma tribes . Both sides have fought for control over land , and water .