Eleven elderly people accused of being witches have been burned to death by a mob in the west of Kenya, police say.
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The BBC's Muliro Telewa in the region says the gang had a list of the victims and picked them out individually.
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Anthony Kibunguchy, the provincial police officer, told the BBC that the eight women and three men were all aged between 80 and 96 years old.
The mob dragged them out of their houses and burned them individually and then set their homes alight, our correspondent says.
Residents have been ambivalent about condemning the attacks because belief in witchcraft is widespread in the area, he says.
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The victim's families have gone into hiding, fearing for their lives.
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