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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Hannah Al-Othman North of England correspondent

Defence secretary meets family of Kenyan woman allegedly killed by British soldiers

John Healey and four women stand in line for a photo
John Healey said it was ‘deeply humbling’ to meet Agnes Wanjiru’s family in Kenya on Monday. Photograph: Handout

The family of a Kenyan woman who was allegedly killed by British soldiers have said their 13-year fight for justice has taken a “heavy toll”, and that they have been offered “too many empty promises” after a meeting with the defence secretary.

Agnes Wanjiru was 21 when she disappeared in March 2012. She was last seen in the company of British soldiers in a bar in a hotel in Nanyuki, a town in eastern Kenya where the British army has a military base, BATUK.

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