Two ivory-poaching suspects arrested in Kenya; 3 others dead

Tools and rifles were confiscated by Kenya Wildlife Service rangers in an exchange of gunfire with ivory-poaching suspects
Two suspected ivory poachers were in custody and three others were killed by Kenyan authorities in the past week in a pair of incidents, the Kenya Wildlife Service said Monday.
Five elephants also were killed in the incidents, the wildlife service said in a statement.
In the latest skirmish, a suspect was killed Sunday night while exchanging gunfire with wildlife rangers on the outskirts of Meru National Park in Isiolo County, the statement said. Another was arrested in the town of Isiolo.
The rangers ambushed the suspects, who allegedly were using axes to hack off an elephant's tusks after shooting it to death, the wildlife service said.
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