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Police shoot dead 'terror' couple
Police shot dead a couple suspected of being terrorists after they threw four grenades, wounding five officers in an overnight stand-off in Kenya.
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Police shot dead a couple suspected of being terrorists after they threw four grenades, wounding five officers in an overnight stand-off in Kenya.
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