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Kenyan government recovers bodies of 20 killed in border clashes with Ethiopia


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Kenyan government recovers bodies of 20 killed in border clashes with Ethiopia

2011-05-05 00:39:59 GMT+7 (ICT)

NAIROBI, KENYA (BNO NEWS) -- The Kenyan government recovered 20 bodies, while 50 people are still missing after clashes occurred along the Kenya–Ethiopia border on Monday, The Standard newspaper reported Wednesday.

The bodies, mostly women and children with gunshot wounds, were littered in the plains of Todonyang village in Turkana North, near the police post. Fifty people were reported missing and some of them are feared dead.

On Wednesday, the Kenyan government confirmed that the Merille militia from Ethiopia killed 20 Turkana tribesman inside Kenyan territory when they were returning home from a barter trade at the border point. Four Ethiopian tribesman were also killed by the Turkana in retaliation.

Rift Valley Provincial Commissioner Osman Warfa earlier indicated that 37 Turkanas had been killed while a cleric also said five Merille militia had been killed, bringing the total to 42.

"We have seen the bodies and we have confirmed the execution was carried out at one point inside the Kenyan border," Warfa said at the scene.

A mass burial is set to be conducted as soon as the relatives of the victims are identified.

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-- © BNO News All rights reserved 2011-05-05

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