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Kakamega man on the run after defiling school girls

The suspect waylaid the two students who had been sent to buy some goods. [Courtesy]

Police in Malava sub-county have launched a manhunt for a man alleged to have taken hostage two students and defiled them in turns overnight.

The assailant who owns a chemist at Sawawa market waylaid the girls; a Form One student and Standard Eight pupil, who had been sent by their parents to buy some goods at a nearby shop around 7pm on Monday. 

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