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Mandera quarry survivor recounts lucky escape from terrorist guns

Wananchi troop into the Mandera airstrip for protection by Kenya Defence Forces following the massacre of 36 people.

NAIROBI: A survivor of the massacre of 36 in a quarry in Mandera has revealed how he escaped as his three colleagues were beheaded trying to fight off Al-Shabaab militants.

The oldest miner at 58 years, Erick Mujibi said his workmates David Mugo, Peter Nyagah and Anthony Kariuki were slaughtered when they tried to defend the other miners.

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