Kenya Police to Exhume Bodies in Tana River

Publisher:
KENYA Citizen TV
Publication Date:
18 September 2012
Tags:
Kenya, Conflict, Peace and Security, Legal and Judicial Affairs

Police have obtained court orders allowing them to exhume bodies from mass graves reportedly discovered on Monday in Ozi forest in the troubled Tana River County. A police source said they suspect the graves contain bodies of raiders killed during a clash between security personnel and hundreds of raiders in kilelengwani village. Police obtained the court order as 20 suspects among them two chiefs appear in court facing murder charges.

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