4 arrested as Kenya investigates 18 elephant deaths in Amboseli

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Kenyan authorities have arrested four suspects linked to the deaths of 18 elephants in the Amboseli ecosystem, with initial lab results indicating a toxic substance may be involved. The suspects were later released on bail as investigations continue.

Police have arrested four suspects in an investigation ⁠into the deaths ⁠of 18 elephants in Kenya’s Amboseli ⁠ecosystem, where authorities also seized assorted substances including chemicals, the tourism and wildlife ministry has said. A Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) spokesperson told Reuters on Monday that the four had since been released on bail. Preliminary laboratory ‌results pointed to the probable involvement of a toxic substance, the ministry said in a statement released on Saturday, with...