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           Heavy Casualties Reported in Ambush against Kenyan Police

   by VOA News

   Gunmen in northern Kenya have killed at least 30 police officers who
   were hunting for cattle rustlers.
   Kenyan police say the officers were ambushed Saturday as their truck
   drove through the remote northern Baragoi district.
   Search and rescue teams found 11 bodies on Saturday and another 19 the
   next day.  Nine survivors of the attack have been hospitalized.
   There has been no claim of responsibility for the attack.  Police
   suspect rustlers were behind another attack in Baragoi last month that
   killed 13 people.
   Cattle theft and related violence are fairly common in arid northern
   Kenya, but direct attacks on police are rare.
   Government officials said they are shocked by the killings, and
   expressed concern about the preparedness and capacity of security
   forces.

   Some information for this report was provided by AFP.
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