PROTESTS IN NAIROBI ERUPT AS AUTOPSY REVEALS BLOGGER DIED DUE TO ASSAULT IN POLICE CUSTODY
PROTESTS IN NAIROBI ERUPT AS AUTOPSY REVEALS BLOGGER DIED DUE TO ASSAULT IN POLICE CUSTODY
PROTESTS erupted in Nairobi on Monday and Tuesday over the death of Kenyan blogger Albert Ojwang, who was found dead after being in custody at the location on Sunday.
According to the police, he injured himself by banging his head against the wall in his cell.
However, an autopsy conducted on Tuesday indicated that Ojwang was strangled in police custody.
According to government pathologist Dr. Bernard Midia, Ojwang sustained multiple injuries consistent with assault, not self-harm.
Ojwang was arrested on Friday in Homa Bay, western Kenya and driven 400km to the capital, Nairobi, said fellow activists during a news conference outside the Nairobi Funeral Home, where they came to pay their respects to the family.
The group says his post about the deputy police chief Eliud Lagat on X was the reason for his arrest.
Kenya Police said that the Independent Policing Oversight Authority had launched an investigation into the incident.
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