Kenya watchdog probes possible police link to dumped bodies
The Peninsula
Nairobi: Kenya s police watchdog said it is investigating whether there is any police involvement in the gruesome discovery of mutilated bodies dumped...
Nairobi: Kenya's police watchdog said it is investigating whether there is any police involvement in the gruesome discovery of mutilated bodies dumped in a Nairobi rubbish tip.
The Independent Police Oversight Authority (IPOA) is also looking into claims of abductions and unlawful arrests of demonstrators who went missing after widespread anti-government protests.
Police initially said the severely mutilated bodies of six women tied up in plastic bags were found on Friday dumped a garbage site in an abandoned quarry in Mukuru, in the south of the capital.
The IPOA said in a statement later that the remains of at least nine people had been recovered, seven of them female, and called for swift investigtions to identify them.
"The bodies, wrapped in bags and secured by nylon ropes, had visible marks of torture and mutilation," it said, noting that the dumpsite was less than 100 metres (yards) from a police station.
