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‘That’s enough!’ cries mother of Garissa University attack victim

Neighbours throng the home of Peter Munyoki at Itiva Nzou village in Kitui county where police had gone to exhume a body of Garissa university student thought to have been interred there by mistake. Police investigations have shown that the body buried by Munyoki family belongs to Risper Mutindi Kasyoka from Maluma village, Kitui County while that of the family is said to be lying at Chiromo mortuary. The family declined exhumation on September 11, 2015 citing poor approach by police. (PHOTO: PHILIP MUASYA / STANDARD)

A family in Kitui County has been thrown into a fresh round of mourning after a body of a Garissa University College student, which they believed to be theirs, allegedly turned out not to be.

The family of Peter Munyoki from Itiva Nzou village, Kyuso, is, again, in emotional tatters after a team of CID police officers accompanied by Kenya Red Cross officials stormed the homestead to exhume the body, yesterday.

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