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Government says 30 killed in clashes

[Nigeria] School pupils in Lagos Nigeria. IRIN
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    The Kenyan government said today that 30 people died in last weekend’s clashes between Turkana and Pokot communities in the northwest. “The bodies collected by police officers were 30. Sixteen of them Turkanas and 14 Pokots. Seven were injured and are still admitted in hospital,” an official from the department of internal security told IRIN today. Press reports have provided conflicting figures of the number of people killed in the clashes, with some placing the number at 100. The security official said the clashes appeared to have been caused by cattle-rustling. “It took us by surprise because there has been quite a lull and peaceful co-existence between the two communities,” he said.

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