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Kenyan teachers 'traumatised' by constant al-Shabab attack

Six people including teachers and students were killed recently in the Garissa region

Dozens of teachers in Kenya’s Garissa region want to leave the area for fear of their lives due to increasing attacks by the Somalia-based Islamist militant group al-Shabab.

Al-Shabab has conducted six attacks in Kenya in the past month alone, killing over 25 and threatening more assaults.

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(Image: Al-Shabab has been carrying out attacks in Somalia and Kenya. Credit: Getty)

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Wed 22 Jan 202017:06GMT

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