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Four children among six killed in Mombasa after wall collapses on house

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Rescue workers remove debris of a wall that collapsed killing six people in Mombasa on Monday. [Maarufu Mohamed, Standard]

A woman and her three children were among six people who were killed when a perimeter wall collapsed on their makeshift house in Mombasa’s Vipingo area following heavy rains.

Sorrowful relatives recounted the horrifying accident as the county government sent out an alert, asking residents of Kalaheri, Aldina, Mburukenge, and Bangladesh to move to higher ground.

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