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Likoni church torched amid rising tension

Residents peep inside the burnt church in Likoni, Friday. [PHOTO: Gedion MAUNDU/STANDARD]

By Philip Mwakio and Benard Sanga

Mombasa, Kenya: An evangelical church was torched by unknown assailants in volatile Likoni, Mombasa on Christmas Eve. An attempt to burn a second church 200 metres away failed when the petrol bomb lobbed into the compound failed to ignite.

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