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13 Students Killed in Stampede at Kenyan Primary School

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   Police in Kenya say 13 children died at a stampede at a primary school
   in the town of Kakamega.

   They say more than 20 others were injured in the stampede after
   students at the Kakamega Primary School were let out Monday to go home.

   It is not clear why the stampede began. The town's Police ChiefDavid
   Kabenasaid, "We have launched an investigation to establish what
   exactly happened."

   Kabena said the injured students have been taken to a local hospital.

   Kenya's Daily Nation newspaper reported that the stampede took place on
   the staircase of the three-story building as the children were leaving
   the school.

   Red Cross staff in Kenya said they were responding to the incident.

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