 Militia groups in the Minro-Rich region have clashed in recent weeks as they jostle for control over artisanal mines. Kenyan police say eight bodies have been retrieved from an abandoned quarry in the east of the capital, Nairobi. The acting police chief says the remains, all of them female, were left in sacks. They said they were severely dismembered. Preliminary investigations point to a religious cult, rogue medical practitioners or serial killers. World News from the BBC.