{
  "id": 8944792,
  "title": "Shakahola massacre: 443 bodies face disposal as Kilifi gives families 21-day deadline",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/shakahola-massacre-443-bodies-face-disposal-as-kilifi-gives-families",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-21T14:53:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "People Daily Kenya",
    "slug": "people-daily-kenya",
    "url": "https://peopledaily.digital/news/shakahola-massacre-443-bodies-face-disposal-as-kilifi-gives-families-21-day-deadline"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Families searching for relatives who died during the Shakahola Massacre of 2023 have 21 days to identify and collect remains before unclaimed bodies are interred. Kilifi County announced the deadline on Monday, September 21, 2026, outlining plans for the burial of 443 remains that were retrived from the Shakahola forest and preserved at Malindi Sub-County […]",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "KBC",
        "title": "Shakahola: Families given 21 days to claim victims’ bodies",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/shakahola-families-given-21-days-to-claim-victims-bodies",
        "published": "2026-09-21T10:09:35.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Nation Africa",
        "title": "'You have 21 days': Kilifi County issues notice to Shakahola families",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/you-have-21-days-kilifi-county-issues-notice-to-shakahola-families",
        "published": "2026-09-21T11:52:08.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Standard Kenya",
        "title": "Families given 21 days to claim 443 Shakahola victims' bodies",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/families-given-21-days-to-claim-443-shakahola-victims-bodies",
        "published": "2026-09-21T13:20:15.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}