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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Evelyne Musambi

MYSTERIOUS: Kenyan authorities to charge students with murder in dorm fire that killed 16 girls - You Need To See This

Kenya School Fire - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Prosecutors in Kenya have prepared murder charges against students accused of starting a dormitory fire in May that killed 16 girls at a secondary school, officials said Tuesday.

The May 28 fire tore through a dormitory housing 202 students at the Utumishi Girls School in central Kenya, and students were forced to flee through a single doorway when the school matron failed to open an emergency exit.

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