Since Friday, the remains of nine women have been found in a garbage dump in the Mukuru slum in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi. The discovery of the women’s bodies has sent shock waves through Kenya, and the situation is particularly tense in the Mukuru slum. On Sunday, the police used tear gas to get a group of angry residents away from the crime scene. They allegedly tried to take a bag they had found at the landfill to the police station, but were met with tear gas. It was the absence of a search operation on the part of the police that led to voluntary residents on Sunday starting to search through the rubbish dump for more victims, according to AFP’s journalist. The Kenyan police’s Independent Investigation Authority (IPOA) will also investigate whether anyone in the police has been involved in the dumping of the bodies. The landfill where the bodies were found is only 100 meters from the police station. TENSE: The situation is very tense in the Mukuru slum, where the women’s bodies were found. Photo: AFP – Psychopathic serial killer On the night of Monday local time, a main suspect was arrested in a bar while he was watching the final of the European Football Championship. The police have also arrested another suspect who was found with the mobile phone of one of the victims. – The main suspect confessed to cheating, killing and getting rid of 42 women at the rubbish dump, police chief Mohamed Amin told reporters on Monday morning, according to AFP. REMAINS FOUND: A volunteer pulls out a plastic bag containing the remains of one of the victims, according to Reuters. The victims who have been found so far died between the ages of 18 and 30. Photo: Reuters According to the police, the remains were found badly mutilated and left behind in plastic bags. The victims who have been found so far died between the ages of 18 and 30. All are killed and mutilated in the same way, according to the police. – We are facing a serial killer, a psychopathic serial killer with no respect for human life, said Amin. LARGE CROWDS: The discoveries have attracted large crowds to the dump. The absence of a search operation on the part of the police has led to volunteer residents starting to search through the rubbish dump for more victims, according to AFP. Photo: AFP Several incidents The bodies have once again put the spotlight on the Kenyan police and President William Ruto, who is struggling to stop the extensive demonstrations against the government that have claimed the lives of dozens of demonstrators. Kenya’s acting police chief Kanja said on Monday that autopsies on the victims would be carried out during the day. Kanja himself only took up the post last week, the week after national police chief Japhet Koome resigned amid public outrage over alleged police brutality. IPOA also says it will investigate allegations of abduction of protesters who have been missing since the demonstrations in June. They have not said anything about the two cases being connected. Kenya’s judiciary is already under investigation for the deaths in the tax protests this summer, where human rights groups have accused the police of using excessive force. Published 15.07.2024, at 14.17 Updated 15.07.2024, at 14.21
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