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Autopsy: Police tortured and killed suspect under custody

Mbururu Police Station in Likuyani Sub County that was set ablaze by irate locals five days ago after Denis Lusava, 21, who had been arrested for failing to wear a facemask had disappeared. [Nathan Ochunge, Standard]

A man whose body was found dumped in River Nzoia was tortured, an autopsy report has revealed.

The autopsy conducted on Denis Lusava, 31, who went missing at Mbururu police cells in Lugari Sub-county, Kakamega County, shows he was tortured using blunt objects.

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