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Ian Njoroge, teenager who attacked police officer, claims he was tortured

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19-year-old Ian Njoroge who assaulted a police officer attached to Kasarani police station assaulted at Kamiti road in Mirema. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

A motorist who grabbed headlines for allegedly assaulting a traffic police officer on Sunday along Kamiti Road in Mirema now accuses the law enforcers of molesting and mistreating him during arrest.

Ian Njoroge, 19, who appeared before Milimani principal magistrate Benmark Ekhubi to face criminal charges of causing grievous harm, robbery with violence, and resisting arrest informed the court that the officers who arrested him at his house handled him in an inhumane manner by molesting, hurling insults, and beating him up.

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