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Villagers in central Kenya clashed with an outlawed criminal gang using machetes, axes and clubs, killing at least 29 people and leaving streets stained with blood, police said Tuesday.
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Woman and children gather next to the road after they fled fighting between residents of the town of Gathaithi and the outlawed Mungiki criminal gang, in Gathaiti village in central, Kenya,Tuesday April 21, 2009. Villagers in central Kenya clashed...
