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Body of girl burned after refusing to marry man, 55, to be exhumed

The late Gaala Aden Abdi. [Courtesy]

The body of a minor allegedly killed in Wajir County for refusing to be married off to a 55-year-old man will be exhumed on Tuesday.

The 17-year-old Gaala Aden Abdi's body will be disinterred after the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) secured a court order to allow a postmortem examination as part of a murder investigation.

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