Pair charged in 2 Americans’ deaths
From Times Wire Reports
Kenya charged two men with killing two American women riding in a U.S. Embassy vehicle that was carjacked in January near Nairobi.
Simon Wanaina and Paul Kariuki denied the charges before the Chief Magistrates’ Court in the capital.
Police say men with AK-47s shot the women, both relatives of a U.S. diplomat, before stealing their car.
Wanaina and Kariuki face execution if convicted.
The trial for the two men was set for May 5.
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