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Police linked to 20 deaths at the Coast during curfew

Regional police commander Rashid Yakub  and regional commissioner John Elungata receive a report from Haki Africa director Hussein Khalid on extrajudicial killings and police brutality at the Coast on June 7, 2020. [Omondi Onyango, Standard]

Security officers have been linked to 20 deaths in the Coast since the declaration of dusk-to-dawn curfew in early April, a lobby group has revealed.

The curfew and other containment measures were imposed in Kenya and select counties in the Coast to curb the spread of coronavirus.

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