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Three-minute burial in Turkana shocks locals

A police officer stocking teargas in preparation for possible civil disobedience. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]

Police in Turkana fired in the air and used teargas to disperse irate locals who had stormed a homestead in the outskirts of Lodwar town to stop a burial sanctioned by the courts.

The burial of Laurence Lolii took three minutes under heavy police presence who ensured no family member was allowed in the compound.

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