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Pregnant woman bleeds to death in botched 'cut'

A woman displays the razorblade she uses to perform FGM on girls. [File, Standard]

An expectant woman has bled to death while her co-wife is in hospital following a botched female genital mutilation (FGM) in Elgeyo Marakwet County.

The co-wives were subjected to the outlawed FGM in Kocholwo, Keiyo South sub-county on the wee hours of Tuesday but it turned tragic after the pregnant younger woman died from excessive bleeding.

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