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Gloom as over 250 houses burnt and 500 families displaced on Christmas

Police officers run past a burning house in Oleposimuru in Narok North, Friday, following clashes between Maasai and Kipsigis. [PHOTOS:BONIFACE THUKU/STANDARD]

More than 250 houses were torched in Christmas Day ethnic clashes. Four people injured and over 500 families displaced following the fighting sparked by an incident on Wednesday night in which two herdsmen from the Maasai community in Siera Leone in Narok South were shot dead and nine head of cattle stolen.

In retaliation, the Maasai Community attacked Kipsigis living in Ol Posimoru in Narok North.

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