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Street boy nursing broken leg claims police assault

Thirteen-year-old John Okumu winces in pain at the Busia County Referral Hospital after. [Ignatius Odanga, Standard]

A 13-year-old street boy is admitted at the Busia County Referral Hospital with fractures on his right leg after he was allegedly assaulted by police officers.

The boy, whose name we have withheld as he is a minor, is said to have been beaten up by officers on Friday at Ojamii in Busia town for breaking curfew.

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