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| Kenya hostage siege ends after 'police kill gunman' | |
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| A suspected al-Shabab gunman who had taken hostages at a police station in north-western Kenya has been shot dead, police say. | A suspected al-Shabab gunman who had taken hostages at a police station in north-western Kenya has been shot dead, police say. |
| The man had snatched a gun after he was arrested for being a suspected recruiter for the Islamist militant group, which is based in Somalia. | The man had snatched a gun after he was arrested for being a suspected recruiter for the Islamist militant group, which is based in Somalia. |
| He killed at least six officers during a siege which lasted about eight hours at the station in Kapenguria town. | He killed at least six officers during a siege which lasted about eight hours at the station in Kapenguria town. |
| At one stage he was reported to have been firing sniper shots from a roof. | At one stage he was reported to have been firing sniper shots from a roof. |