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Kawangware residents protest man's death after arrest by police

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The police cell where 25-year-old Hussein Koropisa Bacho was held at the Kawangware police post. Dagoretti OCPD Kivinda Kilonzo says the deceased was attacked by the mob before he was detained but died at Kenyatta National Hospital. The family holds that he was killed at the police post. [Francis Ontomwa, Standard]

Tension was high in Kawangware as residents protested the death of 25-year-old Hussein Koropisa Bacho at Kawangware Police Post, Nairobi, on Tuesday.

Bacho's family insisted that he died on Monday around 3pm in police custody. However, Dagoretti OCPD Kivindu Kilonzo claimed that he passed away at Kenyatta National Hospital moments after arrest.

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