Atlanta, GA 11/8/2007 3:51:32 AM
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Kenya residents blame police for mass killing

Kenya residents are blaming police for the killing of more than 450 Kenyans in the past five months. Police in the Mathare, Kenya area are cracking down on a gang known as Mungiki, and slum residents say they are caught in the middle of it.

Police deny any involvement in the mass killing, but a residents of Mathare (the second largest slum in Kenya) are backing a report by the state-funded human rights commission that claims police executed 454 people who were suspected to be apart of Mungiki.

 

Most of the suspects were killed by a bullet to the back of the head and then dumped in different places around the country despite permanent police road blocks.

 

“People were arrested in a crackdown against [Mungiki] and have never been found,” said a restaurant owner in Mathare. “Relatives say they disappeared without a trace and they don’t know if they are dead or alive.”  

 

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