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Tension as bandits strike, boy killed in volatile border

Relatives check on one of the victims of the Samburu bandit attack at the Samburu County Hospital on September 16, 2023. [Michael Saitoti, Standard]

A 10-year-old boy has been killed by suspected bandits at Sarmach along the border of West Pokot and Turkana counties.

The latest attack brings to four number of people killed in Sarmach with more than 400 cattle stolen in two weeks. On Tuesday night, two people were shot dead at Sarmach and Nasacha villages by suspected bandits. This comes a few days after Defence Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale visited the region.

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