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Family buries mold of soil in symbolic burial for plane crash victim

Simon Munyao hold a "coffin" that contains charred soil that was obtained from Ethiopian airlines crash site during the "soil burial" at their home in kitise, Makueni county. Ann Mukui was among the 157 people who perished in the Ill-feted Ethiopian airlines flight that crashed weeks ago. [Photo: Standard]

The charred soil that weighed a kilogram was placed into a small casket that measured one feet in length and half a foot in width, as the symbolic burial took place.

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