A gruesome body find has Kenyan investigators baffled: In a former quarry that was used as a garbage dump in a Nairobi slum, residents discovered body parts tied in plastic bags. Kenya’s police watchdog IPOA is investigating the possible involvement of police officers in the deaths.
After the discovery on Friday, an initial statement said the remains were those of six women. Human rights groups that rushed to the scene even spoke of eight bodies. However, police said the body parts were divided into several bags.
Homicide investigators and forensic experts are trying to clarify the identity of the dead. According to the initial findings of the police, the victims were murdered about two weeks ago. The location is near a police station. The background of the murders is still unclear.
The Directorate of Criminal Investigations said preliminary investigations showed all the victims were killed in the same manner. The search for human remains at the dump continued Saturday – watched by an angry crowd.
Were the police involved in the deaths?
Apart from the police investigation, the watchdog will “conduct preliminary investigations to establish whether the police were involved in the deaths or failed to prevent them,” the IPOA said after the mutilated bodies were found in an abandoned Quarry landfill in Mukuru, in the country’s southern capital.
“The bodies, wrapped in plastic bags and tied with nylon ropes, showed visible signs of torture and mutilation,” the IPOA said, adding that the site was less than 100 metres from a police station. Kenyan police have been under close surveillance since dozens of people were killed in anti-government protests last month.
In addition, allegations are being investigated that protesters were unlawfully arrested during the recent protests against the East African country’s government and have since gone missing, it said on Saturday. People who have been victims of kidnappings – allegedly by police officers – are still missing in the East African country following protests against government policies in recent weeks.
Location not far from the police station
“The bodies, wrapped in plastic bags and tied with nylon ropes, showed visible signs of torture and mutilation,” the IPOA said, adding that the site was less than 100 metres from a police station. Kenyan police have been under close surveillance since dozens of people were killed in anti-government protests last month.
Human rights groups have accused police of excessive force. These were the most violent clashes in Kenya since the country gained independence from Britain in 1963. President William Ruto is struggling to contain the worst crisis of his time in power, fueled by planned tax hikes.
Source: Krone
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