Over 2 dozen children among 33 bodies pulled from Kenyan mass grave: authorities
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Kenyan authorities exhumed 33 bodies, including 25 children, from a mass grave in Kericho on Thursday. The bodies, some dismembered and placed in sacks, were allegedly transferred from Nyamira District Hospital to a private church-owned cemetery. An investigation is underway to determine if the bodies were legally disposed of after being removed from the morgue, as Kenyan law allows disposal of unclaimed bodies after 14 days with court authorization. Two arrests have been made, and autopsies are being conducted to determine the cause of death. This discovery is the latest in a series of mass grave incidents in Kenya, raising concerns about potential abuses and extrajudicial killings.
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AI-ExtractedMissing Voices documented 125 extrajudicial killings and 6 enforced disappearances in Kenya over the past year.
Detectives are seeking to determine whether the bodies were legally disposed of.
Kenyan law allows hospitals to dispose of unclaimed bodies after 14 days with court authorization.
33 bodies, including 25 children, were unearthed from a mass grave in Kericho, Kenya.
The bodies were transferred from Nyamira District Hospital to a private cemetery in Kericho.
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