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Pathologists decline to carry out autopsy on Mandera victims over pay

A relative of a victim being consoled by Kenya red-cross team,she broke down after identifying the body at Chiromo mortuary in Nairobi on 27/October/2016.The victims were killed when gunmen attacked a guest house in Mandera county.Ten bodies have been positively identifying and postmortem will be conducted today afternoon.PHOTO BY EDWARD KIPLIMO.

Ten bodies of those killed in the Mandera terror attack have been transferred from Chiromo to City Mortuary for postmortem.

National Disaster Management Unit deputy director Pius Masai said autopsies on the bodies that have been identified were to be carried out last evening before the remains are taken back to Chiromo.

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