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Eight students arrested in deadly Kenyan school dorm fire

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Kenyan police have arrested eight students on suspicion of arson after a deadly fire ripped through a girls’ boarding school dormitory, killing 16 students and injuring 79 others. The school remained closed Friday as police questioned dozens of students.

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