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33 arrested and houses burnt as police evict squatters from land

Squatters ponder their next move after they were evicted from their 'ancestral' land in Kilifi South. [PHOTO: GIDEON MAUNDU/STANDARD]

More than 33 were arrested and 250 structures burnt in a violent eviction of squatters in Kisauni.

This comes barely a fortnight after a man was shot in the leg and a woman beaten senseless when police clashed with more than 300 squatters on a disputed 60-acre Nguu Tatu land in the area.

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