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Lead suspect in Lokichogio killings arrested in Kakuma

gloria mari

October 14, 2017 4:54 PM

The suspect was trying to flee through the Kakuma refugee camp

Police have arrested the main suspect of the Lokichogio High School killings in Kakuma town.

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The suspect, Abraham Lojore Toposa is being held at Kakuma Police Station and was apprehended while trying to avoid arrest in the Kakuma refugee camp.

Read: Students attacked in Lokichogio

This comes after the president offered his condolences to the deceased 7 girls and a night guard.

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He also ordered that police find the culprits and deal with them accordingly.

The suspect had been suspended from the school and conducted the heinous attacks as retaliation to the school according to Citizen Kenya.

As per the Kenya Red Cross, ten surviving students are being treated in local medical centres and the other ten with more serious injuries have been transferred to Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital.

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