A Kenyan man who police claim has confessed to murdering and dismembering 42 women has escaped from a Nairobi police cell, along with a dozen
other detainees, police said Tuesday. READ ALSO:95-year-old man weds longtime love, 90, in Kenya Collins Jumaisi, 33, described by police as a "vampire, a psychopath", was arrested last month… other detainees, police said Tuesday.Collins Jumaisi, 33, described by police as a “vampire, a psychopath”, was arrested last month after the horrific discovery of mutilated bodies in a garbage dump in a slum in the Kenya n capital.
Jumaisi was detained in the early hours of July 15 near a bar where he had been watching the Euro 2024 football final.The head of the Directorate of Criminal Investigations, Mohamed Amin, said after his arrest that Jumaisi had confessed to murdering 42 women over a two-year period from 2022, and that his wife had been his first victim.The dumped bodies threw a fresh spotlight on Kenya’s police force as they were found just 100 meters from a police station.
Kenyan police are often accused by rights groups of carrying out unlawful killings or running hit squads, but few have faced justice.Before flagging, please keep in mind that Disqus does not moderate communities. Your username will be shown to the moderator, so you should only flag this comment for one of the reasons listed above.
The Nigerian Navy Ship Pathfinder, in a major crackdown on economic saboteurs, has destroyed a large-scale illegal crude oil refining site along the Ogoloma-Bakana River in Rivers State. Friends, associates and colleagues yesterday mourned the sudden demise of a former staff of The Guardian Newspaper, Mrs Roseline Okere, who died on Saturday, August 17, 2024.
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