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State set to release bodies of Shakahola victims next week

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Homicide detectives carrying bodies of cult victims in Shakahola forest ,Kilifi county. [Marion Kithi Standard]

Families whose loved ones perished in the Shakahola massacre will have to wait for at least one week to collect the bodies.

It emerged that only 30 out of the 429 bodies that were identified through DNA will be released to families.

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