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I was perturbed when I received news that KTN journalists were violently assaulted yesterday by a group of rogue students at St Steven's Secondary School in Machakos County. In their company was a driver who was also hurt in the unfortunate turn of events.
That students could gang up and torture innocent journalists who were pursuing justice is alarming. It is even more appalling to learn that they went further to torch the car the aforementioned traveled in, almost bringing it down to ashes and destroyed equipment including a camera worth millions of shillings.
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