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At least 17, mostly Catholic pilgrims, killed in crash on highway in Kenya

A crash involving multiple vehicles on the highway to Mombasa, Kenya, has killed 17 people, mostly pilgrims heading to a prayer site

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At least 17, most of them Catholic pilgrims, killed in a road crash on a highway in Kenya

A crash involving multiple vehicles on the highway to the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa on Saturday killed 17 people, most of them pilgrims on the way to a prayer site, officials said.