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Officer shoots five, causes revenge attacks

Marsabit; Kenya: The shooting of five people in Laisamis by a police constable who locals had described as 'notorious', has led to a wave of retaliatory attacks on business owned by persons from two communities.

On Saturday evening, through early part of the night, armed morans attacked business premises belonging to people from the two communities and went on a looting spree, in what locals said was anger expressed towards the constable who shot and seriously injured the five, including a woman and three school children.

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