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How ex-husband and friend stabbed and raped, leading to double amputation

Irene Amukuma Aisha, a double amputee narrated how she was gang raped and stabbed. [Joackim Bwana, Standard]

A 27-year-old double amputee has testified before a hushed court in Mombasa how she lost her legs when her estranged husband raped, stabbed and trussed her on a rail truck only to be crushed by a speeding train in Kibarani , Mombasa.

The train severed both legs near the hips and she is now on a wheelchair. During the ordeal on February 3, 2017, she told the court, she was three months pregnant.

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