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Court drops case against Shakahola suspects who died in custody

Detectives after exhuming bodies from Shakahola forest in Kilifi county. [File, Standard]

A court has dropped the case against two suspects linked to Shakahola massacre, after they died in custody.

Mombasa Chief Magistrate Alex Ithuku made the directive after the prosecution submitted burial permits and postmortem reports detailing the deaths of the two suspects.

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