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Nakumatt: 16 confirmed dead
Crime scene investigators go through the debris of the burnt down Nakumatt supermarket on Friday. Photo/CHRIS OJOW.
By ANTHONY KARIUKI
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Posted Friday, January 30 2009 at 11:20
Posted Friday, January 30 2009 at 11:20
In Summary
- Red Cross report 40 missing on Thursday night.
- Recovery process ongoing.
- President Kibaki visits the tragic scene.
The emergency relief organisation has erected a tent where distraught relatives reported missing their kin. It also serves as a counselling centre.
Of the 47 missing, five were employees of the retail chain.
“We have registered 40 cases of missing people. Their relatives have been to our tent and we are continuing to counsel them,” the secretary general of the Red Cross Abbas Gullet told the Nation Thursday.
A team from the Red Cross, First Responder-a private firm- and the police are heading the recovery process.
Reported by Dominic Wabala, Ken Ogosia and Anthony Kariuki.
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