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Washington Post
a day ago
- Washington Post
Kenyan police officer in charge of cell where blogger died arrested after protests
NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenyan authorities on Friday arrested a senior police officer responsible for the cell where a blogger died , leading to widespread protests in the capital, Nairobi, that left dozens injured. Samson Talam, the officer commanding the central police station in Nairobi was arrested on Friday, and the Independent Policing Oversight Authority said that CCTV at the police station had been tampered with and its disks formatted a day after the blogger died inside the cell.
Washington Post
2 days ago
- Washington Post
Fury grows in Kenya after death of blogger in police custody
NAIROBI — Protests erupted in the Kenyan capital Thursday over the death of a blogger in police custody, reigniting long-standing public anger over police brutality. Alfred Ojwang, 30, was arrested by detectives on Friday at his home in western Kenya, accused of defaming a top police official on social media. He was transported nearly 200 miles to Nairobi and put in a holding cell; on Sunday, he was pronounced dead at a local hospital.
