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Woman arrested for burning son after losing Sh 20 bob

Police in Malava are holding a 26-year-old woman suspected of burning her nine-year-old son for losing Sh20.

The Musala village resident is said to have returned home yesterday evening and found the money missing. She then lit plastic papers and used them to burn the boy's hands.

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