50 reported killed after mob torches Kenyan church where hundreds sought refuge

Wednesday, January 2, 2008

NAIROBI, Kenya -- A mob torched a church where hundreds had sought refuge Tuesday, and witnesses said dozens of people -- including children -- were burned alive or hacked to death with machetes in ethnic violence that followed Kenya's disputed election.

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