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Naomi Chepkoech Chumo with two of her children Lewis Kipngeno (left) and Moses Kibet. Kipngeno was hacked to death. Kibet survived. [Gilbert Kimutai]
A village in Silibwet, Bomet County, is in shock after a man went on the rampage and hacked three children and a house help to death on Friday night.
The 47-year-old suspect is said to have arrived home, taken a panga and slashed his two children, a relative's child and the house help, killing them on the spot. It was not immediately clear what triggered the attack.
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