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muriel_volestrangler

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7. Now it really appears to be over; could be 24 dead

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Wed Jan 16, 2019, 06:16 AM

Jan 2019

In a TV address to the nation, Mr Kenyatta said 14 people had been killed but 700 others were safely evacuated from the complex.

However, the Kenyan Red Cross put the number of dead at 24.

A US citizen is among the dead, the US State Department said. He has been named as Jason Spindler.

A British citizen was also feared killed.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-46888682

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