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Bizarre drawings found in house of teacher found dead in concrete coffin

Joseph Gathogo, left, was found inside a concrete coffin covered in plywood and a black flag. [File, Standard]

A concrete dhow-like coffin, a scarab-inscribed flag and a dark horse of a man are pieces of a jigsaw investigators are struggling to piece together in a puzzling case that has shocked a village in Nyeri.

On Thursday, the sleepy Ihururu village in Tetu was awakened by a strange discovery at a rental residential unit.

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