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 BANANA HILL, Kenya (AP) - A banned religious sect is terrorizing villagers on the outskirts of Kenya's capital, leaving behind a trail of beheaded corpses and raising fears of a resurgence in violence ahead of this year's elections.
Police said Wednesday they have arrested seven people and launched a manhunt to quash the Mungiki, which emerged in the 1990s inspired by the Mau Mau rebellion against colonial rule. The group was officially banned in 2002.
"We are very keen to find any of those people associated with Mungiki," Eric Kiraithe, a national police spokesman, told The Associated Press. "It is an illegal association."
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