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Five local Kenyan officials kidnapped by suspected Islamist gunmen, believed to be from al Shabaab group, have been released two months after their abduction in Mandera county near the Somalia border. The officials were government-appointed village chiefs. Interior Minister Kipchumba Murkomen said they are now with Kenyan officials and will be returning home soon, though the responsibility for the kidnapping is yet to be confirmed.

Courtesy: theprint.in

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