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Post-mortems show police killed eight suspects in cold blood

Mr. Peter Kiama, Executive Director Independent Medico-Legal Unit (IMLU) address a Conference in Nairobi to Mark this year's United Nations celebrations of Victims of Torture marked every year on the 26th of June. PHOTO: DAVID NJAAGA: 26/06/2014

Post-mortems on the eight robbery suspects who were shot by police last month indicate that they were shot while kneeling or lying on the ground.

The findings by anti-torture organisation, Independent Medico-Legal Unit (IMLU), contradict a statement by Makadara OCPD Nehemiah Lagat who said that his officers dramatically chased the young men before killing them in Mukuru kwa Reuben slums.

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