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Mathare residents attack police officers after accusing them of extorting money from dealers of local brew

Police officers patrol Mathare in Nairobi after a clash between residents on Sunday night. [Photo:Elvis Ogina|Standard]

Dozens of people, including police officers, were injured in clashes at Mathare slums triggered by a raid on a local liquor den.

What started as an ordinary police operation on Sunday afternoon degenerated into an orgy of violence that lasted for hours.

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