POST MORTEMS ON EXECUTED KENYANS !
Police made hundreds of arrests of Mungiki members in June. The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights has released post mortem reports on some of the 500 Mungiki sect members they allege were executed by police.
KNHRC's Njonjo Mue said the reports confirming the men were shot had been done by Kenyan government doctors.
Kenyan police commissioner Mohammed Hussein Ali denies the force is to blame and says they are investigating.
But the commission called for a probe led by international experts and the UN to verify their investigations.
The post mortem reports for several young men found during the investigations showed they were all shot at a close range.
"You can see on this case here, the cause of the death is multiple organ injuries due to multiple gun shots and the pathologist says the fatal bullets were shot from behind," Mr Mue, the commission's head of advocacy explained to journalists.
He said their findings were reached after investigations done by competent investigators, who were experienced former police officers.
KNHRC's Njonjo Mue said the reports confirming the men were shot had been done by Kenyan government doctors.
Kenyan police commissioner Mohammed Hussein Ali denies the force is to blame and says they are investigating.
But the commission called for a probe led by international experts and the UN to verify their investigations.
The post mortem reports for several young men found during the investigations showed they were all shot at a close range.
"You can see on this case here, the cause of the death is multiple organ injuries due to multiple gun shots and the pathologist says the fatal bullets were shot from behind," Mr Mue, the commission's head of advocacy explained to journalists.
He said their findings were reached after investigations done by competent investigators, who were experienced former police officers.
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Police Commissioner Ali on Tuesday said KNCHR investigations were not done by qualified investigators and the report was out to win media attention ahead of the December general elections.
Police carried out a major operation against the outlawed Mungiki sect in June after a series of grisly murders.
The KNCHR then investigated the disappearance of hundreds of men linked to the criminal gang.
The Mungiki terrorised parts of the capital city, Nairobi, and central Kenya earlier this year, demanding protection fees from public transport operators, slum dwellers and other businessmen. Many who refused were brutally murdered.
Banned in 2002, the sect's members are thought to be militants from Kenya's biggest ethnic group, the Kikuyu.
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