12 suspects arrested in rape saga of woman in River Road

Nairobi police boss Joseph ole Tito said they were yet to get the victim. “The suspects are all street urchins and they know the woman.

At least 12 suspects have been arrested in connection with an incident in which a woman was captured on video being raped on Mto Lane off River Road, Nairobi.

The suspects include the man who allegedly raped the woman.

Nairobi police boss Joseph ole Tito said they were yet to get the victim. “The suspects are all street urchins and they know the woman.

In as much as they knew each other, the manner in which it happened is wrong,” said Mr Tito.

He appealed to the woman to go to Central Police Station and record a statement.

The woman was raped by a man identified as ‘Baite’, believed to be a street boy. Four others watched and cheered him on. The ordeal was captured in a video taken on an unknown date.

Her attempts to resist were thwarted after the men threatened to kill her.

Mr Tito said a team of detectives, led by Central head of criminal investigations Samuel Kobina, has been assembled and ordered to pursue the matter to the end.

Police are likely to charge those arrested with lesser charges, like dumping, as they wait for the woman to lodge the case.

Those operating in the area said the woman frequents there, but is yet to be encouraged to go and record a statement.