{"id":21702,"date":"2015-12-07T12:28:48","date_gmt":"2015-12-07T12:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/kenya-s-mandera-residents-find-mystery-graves\/"},"modified":"2015-12-07T12:28:39","modified_gmt":"2015-12-07T12:28:39","slug":"kenya-s-mandera-residents-find-mystery-graves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/kenya-s-mandera-residents-find-mystery-graves\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya’s Mandera residents find mystery graves near Somali border"},"content":{"rendered":"

{People living in north-east Kenya say they have discovered at least 20 bodies buried in shallow graves.}<\/p>\n

The identity of the bodies is not clear, but one of the bodies is suspected to be that of a woman who was reported missing a week ago.<\/p>\n

The bodies were found by a herder looking for his animals, who noticed signs of wild jackals in the area near the Somali border.<\/p>\n

Kenya’s security forces deny charges they have been killing ethnic Somalis.<\/p>\n

The residents of ethnic Somali-dominated districts in the region have repeatedly accused Kenya’s security agencies of being behind the arrest and disappearance of youths suspected to have links with Somali militant Islamist group al-Shabab.<\/p>\n

Since the reports emerged, the hashtag #StopKillingSomalis has been trending in Kenya.<\/p>\n

The BBC’s Ferdinand Omondi in Nairobi said disturbing images circulated on social media on Monday morning, showing human body parts sticking out of poorly dug trenches.<\/p>\n

A woman’s mutilated body provoked the strongest reaction. She is thought to be a mother of five, arrested four days ago.<\/p>\n

Inspector General of Police Joseph Boinnet confirmed the woman’s death, but denied the existence of mass graves.<\/p>\n

Area senator Billow Kerrow suggested the dead were victims of enforced disappearances.<\/p>\n

A report last year by campaign group Human Rights Watch said there was strong evidence that Kenya’s Anti-Terrorism Police Unit has carried out a series of extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances in the region.<\/p>\n

Kenya’s security forces deny the allegation.<\/p>\n

Kenya has thousands of troops fighting al-Shabab in Somalia. The militant group says this is why it has staged several deadly attacks in Kenya in recent years.<\/p>\n

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SOURCE:BBC:[Kenya’s Mandera residents find mystery graves near Somali border->http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-35027616]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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