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Seven year old girl struck by police bullet in Mombasa

Fatma Yusuf, 7, carried by her father Yusuf Mranja after she was discharged from Coast General Hospital. She has been admitted in the hospital after she was shot by stray bullets by police pursuing criminals on her way from school two weeks ago. [Maarufu Mohamed,Standard]

A seven-year-old girl shot by police has been discharged from hospital amid calls for action against the officer responsible for her injuries.

Fatma Yusuf, a Standard One pupil at St Thomas Primary School in Kiembeni, was discharged from Coast General Hospital after an operation to remove a bullet from her thigh.

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