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18:07, 02-Sep-2017
Seven Kenyan schoolgirls killed in dorm fire, says education minister
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Seven teenage girls died in a fire that engulfed a Nairobi school's dormitory on Saturday, 10 others were injured, according to Kenya's education minister.
"We have lost seven students in this unfortunate incident," said Fred Matiangi after visiting Moi Girls High School, a prestigious government school in the capital.
"We have to get to the bottom of this matter. Police and other teams of investigators have already begun the probe and I can assure you stern action will be taken," said Matiangi, who is also acting interior minister.
The school has more than 1,000 students and will remain closed for two weeks while the investigation is on.
Police are trying to establish if the blaze has a link to the spate of school fires in 2016. Last year, over 100 schools countrywide were hit by arsonists in a period of three months.
Source(s): AFP