Angry Nandi residents torch swamp that’s home to rare antelope

Efforts to put out fire at the 5,000-acre King’wal Swamp.

NANDI COUNTY: Angry residents set fire to 5,000 acres of King'wal Swamp which is home to about 100 of the 250 rare antelope Sitatunga species found in Kenya.

Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) officials say an unknown number of these rare species are now feared dead following the Saturday attack.