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Airstrikes pound Kapedo in bid to smoke out bandits

A military offensive to flush out bandits who killed 21 Administration Police officers in Kapedo entered the second day with airstrikes pounding their suspected hideouts.

At exactly 1.30pm yesterday, three missiles were fired on the slopes of the Silale hills with explosions sending residents of the deserted Kapedo town into a panic.

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