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KDF kills five Mpeketoni gunmen

Activists arrive at Mombasa Central Police Station after being arrested while demonstrating at the Treasury Square Gardens Thursday. They were protesting against the recent killings in Coast region. [PHOTO: maarufu mohamed/STANDARD]

Lamu, Kenya: Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) have said they killed five of the gunmen who raided Mpeketoni and left more than 60 people dead.

The soldiers said they shot dead the five in Bodei area in Garsen, Tana River near the Kenya-Somalia border on Wednesday night and recovered three AK 47 rifles.

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