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Urgent: At least 14 people killed in heavy rains in Nairobi: police

Xinhua, April 30, 2016 Adjust font size:

At least 14 people have been killed and several others injured or displaced after heavy rains pounded Kenya's capital of Nairobi Friday night.

Nairobi police commander Japheth Koome confirmed on Saturday the death toll, saying seven people were killed after a six-storey residential building collapsed in Huruma, east of Nairobi, and seven others lost their lives due to heavy rains on Friday evening. Endi