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18 girls and women rescued in raid on Kwale madrassa

Detectives in Kwale County at the weekend raided an Islamic school and rescued 18 girls believed to have been held against their will.

Two suspects, aged 28 and 50 and alleged to be accomplices of the proprietor of the school which is along the Mombasa-Nairobi highway, were arrested in the Saturday raid and are detained at the Taru Police Station.

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