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Part 1: Chapter 1

• Petals of Blood starts with the arrest of the novel's four main characters.

• Munira is the first to be arrested. He is the headmaster of Ilmorog School.

• The next person to be taken into custody is Abdulla, a one-legged bar and shop owner.

• The officers try to arrest Wanja. They are greeted by a doctor who tells them she is delirious and hallucinating. They will be able to question her in ten days time.

• Karega is the fourth suspect, and has come in late from an all-night worker's union meeting. He is sleeping when he hears a knock at the door.

• The headlines that day reads: Mzigo, Chui, Kimeria Murdered. The articles talks about their deaths the night before in Ilmorog, only hours after a meeting in which they decided against giving the factory workers a pay raise

• The article continues to explain the contribution the...

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