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Slum killings on Saturday not ethnic-related, says officer

Nairobi County police boss Japheth Koome

Nairobi police boss Japheth Koome yesterday confirmed that five people were killed on Saturday night but dismissed reports that they were victims of ethnic clashes, saying they were being treated as murder.

“We have commenced investigations and we are confident that we will arrest and take to court persons who committed the offence. What happened has nothing to do with ethnic clashes; we can only confirm that murders were committed,” said Mr Koome.

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