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Shock as woman kills daughter, mother before hanging herself

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Residents of Nyangera Kambajo village in Bondo, Siaya County, are still reeling from shock after a woman killed her daughter and mother before taking her own life on Tuesday night.

The woman, identified as Macrine Atieno, also attacked her boyfriend with a panga, leaving him with serious injuries under unclear circumstances.

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