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Three answer fatal call Three Kenyans died trying to retrieve a mobile phone which slipped down an open-pit latrine in Mombasa while its owner answered a call of nature, the Daily Nation reported yesterday. The owner offered 1,000 shillings (about £9) reward, the paper said. More than half the Kenyan population live on about 60p a day. The first to try - a 30-year-old radio technician - failed to resurface after disappearing down a ladder into the latrine. A friend went after him but slipped and fell. The third casualty, trying to rescue the others, was hauled out by neighbours after he inhaled fumes and lost consciousness. He was taken to hospital but died on the way. The police prevented a fourth man climbing in and the search was abandoned. Reuters, Nairobi

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