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Kenyan military targets gunmen in land dispute
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NAMANGOFULO, Kenya -- The military sealed off a region of western
Kenya where land disputes have flared into violence, and witnesses
said helicopter gunships were strafing the area Thursday to try to
drive gunmen from forests and caves.
"Always in this country, people are fighting over land," said
Lucy Okello, head nurse at Kitale District Hospital, where four
girls were being treated for severe burns after their village was
attacked, allegedly by the Sabaot Land Defense Force, a mili...
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