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Kenya to charge students with murder over deadly school fire
Key takeaways
- Eight students are still in police custody following their arrest last month
- Kenyan prosecutors say they are preparing to charge several students with the murder of their schoolmates following a suspected school arson attack last month.
- Sixteen pupils, aged between 15 and 18, died and dozens more were injured when a fire broke out in a dormitory at Utumishi Girls' School in Gilgil, about 120km (77 miles) north-west of the capital, Nairobi.
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Eight students are still in police custody following their arrest last month
Kenyan prosecutors say they are preparing to charge several students with the murder of their schoolmates following a suspected school arson attack last month.
Sixteen pupils, aged between 15 and 18, died and dozens more were injured when a fire broke out in a dormitory at Utumishi Girls' School in Gilgil, about 120km (77 miles) north-west of the capital, Nairobi.
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