An unfortunate update in the Mungiki story in Kenya. From the BBC:
Police in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, have shot and killed 21 people in a gun battle with suspected members of the banned Mungiki sect.
Police say their officers engaged "a gang of thugs" resisting an operation to recover firearms stolen from three policemen who were killed on Monday.
Several weapons are said to have been recovered and some policemen injured.
Last week, the president warned Mungiki activities would no longer be tolerated and ordered a shoot-to-kill policy.
The security forces in Kenya have spent the past three months trying to crack down on criminal elements in the Mungiki - a sect which it is claimed runs an extensive extortion operation and is reported to have connections high up in Kenya politics.
Stay Tuned.
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