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Seven killed, officer injured after bandits ambush village

The burial of a 35-year-old man who was among seven people killed during a Friday afternoon bandit attack at Bendera village in Baragoi, Samburu County. [Michael Saitoti, Standard]

Seven people were killed and two others, among them a police officer, were injured in a suspected bandit attack in Baragoi, Samburu County.

According to authorities, a group of about 30 armed bandits raided Bendera village in Baragoi on Friday afternoon, shot a young man who was bathing in a river, then proceeded to shoot indiscriminately, killing six other people who were fleeing.

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