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Kirinyaga trader hospitalised after alleged beating by police officers

Ephantus Mwangi Gathua at his hospital bed where he was admitted an alleged police beating in Thika town. PHOTO: MUNENE KAMAU/STANDARD

THIKA: A Kirinyaga trader has been admitted to hospital with serious injuries after four police officers allegedly forcibly hounded him out of his vehicle on Sunday night in Thika.

The trader, Ephantus Mwangi Gathua had to undergo surgery on Tuesday on his right hand at a private hospital in Mwea.

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