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Kenyan Muslims agony over Mecca tragedy

Iranian protesters shout slogans during a demonstration against Saudi Arabia outside its embassy in Tehran, yesterday, four days after some Iranian pilgrims were killed in a stampede at the Hajj. Kenya’s Muslims are demanding for information regarding their kin who travelled to Saudi Arabia for the annual event. [PHOTO: AFP]

Kenya's Muslims are speaking of their frustration in getting information regarding the whereabouts of their kin still in Saudi Arabia.

They are demanding answers following last Thursday's stampede in Saudi's Mina that claimed more than 700 lives, among them eight Kenyans, during one of the last rituals of the Hajj.

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