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Mombasa mechanic serving 50 years for murder walks to freedom

MOMBASA: A week after Ali Salim, a mechanic, was allegedly seen with a female companion on the night of November 16, 2008 in Mombasa, the decomposing, naked body of a woman resembling her was discovered at an abandoned building within town.

Coincidentally, Salim later disappeared only to be traced a year later at the Shimo La Tewa Prison where he was serving a 30-day term for the offense of loitering.

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