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Kenya starts DNA testing for Endarasha school fire victims

A woman reacts after visiting the burned dorm room at the Nyeri county's Hillside Endarasha Academy in Nyeri county on September 6, 2024. [AFP]

Distraught parents gathered on Monday at a hospital in central Kenya for DNA tests to identify the victims of a deadly school dormitory fire that claimed the lives of 21 boys.

Kenya's government declared three days of mourning amid public anger over repeated fires and safety lapses in its schools.

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