{"id":28228,"date":"2024-08-22T04:56:22","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T08:56:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=28228"},"modified":"2024-08-22T04:56:22","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T08:56:22","slug":"kenyan-police-accused-of-helping-suspected-serial-killer-escape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2024\/08\/22\/kenyan-police-accused-of-helping-suspected-serial-killer-escape\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenyan police accused of helping suspected serial killer escape"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Five police officers in Kenya have been charged after a suspected serial killer escaped from custody, police have said.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In July police said Collins Jumaisi Khalusha had confessed to the murders of 42 women, including his wife, since 2022.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Mr Khalusha&#8217;s lawyer denied the claim, saying his client had been tortured to confess.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He had been held at a police station since being arrested in July, but on Tuesday police said that Mr Khalusha and 12 others escaped after being &#8220;aided by insiders&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">An incident report from the station says police discovered the detainees were missing at 05:00 local time (03:00 GMT) on Tuesday, when officers were serving breakfast.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The 13 individuals escaped by cutting through a wire mesh roof and scaling a perimeter wall, the report added.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1o5f7ft-BulletListContainer e5tfeyi0\">\n<ul role=\"list\">\n<li>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><a class=\"ssrcss-f6h2dj-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c19k0zj1dw3o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kenya&#8217;s \u2018serial killer\u2019 mystery &#8211; five key questions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><a class=\"ssrcss-f6h2dj-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-africa-67987347\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A woman&#8217;s murder exposes Kenya&#8217;s toxic online misogyny<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The 12 individuals who fled alongside Mr Khalusha were Eritrean nationals detained for entering the country illegally, police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Eight officers on duty at the time have been suspended, while investigations continued, police added. Five were charged on Wednesday with helping an inmate escape custody.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Mr Khalusha, 33, was detained following the discovery of nine mutilated bodies at an abandoned quarry in the capital, Nairobi.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The victims were aged between 18 and 30 and were all killed in the same way, according to the police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Their murders sparked shock and outrage. Many questioned how officers failed to detect that bodies were being left in a quarry around 100m (109 yards) from a police station.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">They also wondered how 42 people could be murdered in the space of two years without police noticing &#8211; and how, after not suspecting anything for so long, officers made an arrest in less than three days after the bodies were discovered in the quarry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Kenya&#8217;s police watchdog also expressed some scepticism. The Independent Police Oversight Authority launched an investigation to establish whether the police themselves were linked to the killings, following \u201cwidespread allegations of police involvement in unlawful arrests [and] abductions\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It has not yet released its findings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Police in Kenya have been accused of scores of human rights abuses in the past &#8211; and the force is currently under investigation over deaths and abductions following\u00a0<a class=\"ssrcss-f6h2dj-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cxe24eyvxn2o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recent anti-government protests<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">At the time of Mr Khalusha&#8217;s arrest, Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) chief Mohamed Amin said: &#8220;It is crystallising that we are dealing with a serial killer, a psychopathic serial killer who has no respect for human life, who has no respect and dignity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Mr Khalusha&#8217;s lawyer, John Maina Ndegwa, told the BBC in July: &#8220;He says he was strangled to confess. You could tell he was in distress, terrified and in anguish.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The suspect appeared in a court in Nairobi on Friday, when the magistrate ordered him to be held for a further 30 days so that police could complete their investigations, news agency AFP reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The discovery of the dismembered bodies came as the country was still shaken from<a class=\"ssrcss-f6h2dj-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-africa-68214749\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0the so-called Shakahola forest massacre<\/a>, where more than 400 bodies were found in mass graves near the Indian Ocean coast.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Cult leader Paul Mackenzie had allegedly encouraged his followers to starve themselves in order to &#8220;go see Jesus&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He has pleaded not guilty to manslaughter.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c4gd2xe1wwlo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">Five police officers in Kenya have been charged after a suspected serial killer escaped from custody, police have said. 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