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Teachers burn 'devil-worshipping' student in Nairobi

17 year old Form 2 student from Strait Secondary school in Laini saba in Kibera slums narrates how she was assaulted by teachers in the staffroom whereby she was tied with wood and ropes and one of the teachers inflicted her with severe burns from kerosene and plastic bags on her hands and the legs over suspicion of being a devil worshiper. on 23rd march 2016 [PHOTO/DAVID GICHURU/Standard]

A student has accused her teachers of burning her after accusing her of being a devil-worshipper.

The 17-year-old Form Two student at Strait Secondary School in Kibera, Nairobi, claims the cruel punishment was meted out by two senior teachers on March 17 as the principal watched.

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