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Kenya: Tears flow as thousands pay last tribute to drowned St Martins Boys' pupils

The portraits of seven boys who drowned at Diani beach in Kwale County, ringed by wreaths, was too much to bear during a joint requiem mass held yesterday.

The absence of bodies did not numb the pain or ease the anguish which was evident at the Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral in Murang'a town where thousands of mourners thronged to pay their last respects to the seven pupils who drowned during a retreat in Mombasa.

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