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Kenya police in court over serial killer suspect's escape

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Magistrate Martha Nazushi has detained five police officers from the Gigiri Police Station until tomorrow. [Nancy Gitonga, Standard]

Five Kenyan police officers appeared in court on Wednesday, suspected of helping a man accused of murdering and dismembering dozens of women escape from a Nairobi police cell.

Police launched a manhunt on Tuesday after alleged serial killer Collins Jumaisi and 12 Eritreans broke out of a police station in an upmarket area of the Kenyan capital.

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