A map showing Mandera County in north-eastern Kenya bordering Somalia to the east and Ethiopia to the north. PHOTO | GOOGLE MAP
Twenty bodies have been discovered in shallow mass graves in
Kenya's north-eastern Mandera town, local leaders and residents say.
The identities of the bodies are unclear, but one family says
one of the bodies is that of a woman who was reported missing a week
ago.
This incident comes only a few months after the discovery of 11 bodies in a mass grave in the neighbouring town of Wajir.
The residents of Somali-dominated districts in the region have
repeatedly accused Kenya's security agencies of being behind the arrest
and disappearance of youth suspected to have links with Somali militant
Islamist group al-Shabaab.
A report last year by campaign group Human Rights Watch said
there was strong evidence that Kenya’s Anti-Terrorism Police Unit (ATPU)
has carried out a series of extrajudicial killings and enforced
disappearances in the region.
Kenya's security forces deny the allegation.
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