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KDF rescues 13 Kenyan youths from Al Shabaab

Al Shabaab in Somalia. [Photo: Courtesy]

Security agencies are looking for three people they allege played roles in recruiting 13 youths from Kilifi and Lamu counties into Al-Shabaab in Somalia.

The Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) says it rescued the youths in Ras Kamboni in Somalia, apparently stranded on the international border, and flew them to Malindi on Sunday.

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