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"Security forces are tackling several gunmen who are cornered in one part of the building," he is quoted as saying.

"None of those legitimate reasons include attempting to avoid extradition, which the recent facts brought to light clearly indicate was Mr Modi's intention," a media release quoted Napat as saying.

"Kenya must know God so that we shame the people who are telling us that we cannot associate with the church," the Nation site quoted him as saying at another church, in Eldoret.

Syria’s state news agency quoted an unnamed Defense Ministry official as saying that government forces have regained control of much of the areas from Assad loyalists.

"Before last year, my wounds were getting healed but now they are getting worse. The pain is worse," Ms Musa is quoted as saying.