A six-month-old babe has died afterward beingness beaten past times Kenyan constabulary during a raid on her solid equally protests erupted next a disputed election final result inward western Kisumu, her begetter said Tuesday.
The baby, Samantha Pendo, had been inward a coma inward infirmary since Fri night, when her begetter said constabulary forced their way into their solid during a crackdown on protesters inward the slum where they live.
Officers fired teargas into their solid too battered downwardly the door, earlier raining blows on the brace amongst batons. Samantha, who was inward her mother's arms, was left fighting for her life amongst caput injuries.
"I bring lost my daughter, a curt spell ago. Let her balance inward peace," said her begetter Joseph Abanja.
"Why did they bring to trounce us too hurt my innocent angel. We bring followed the social club past times the regime to vote too remain home. Why did they bring to come upward afterward us inward our homes?"
Samantha has larn the aspect upward of constabulary brutality during a crackdown on the protests that erupted afterward opposition leader Raila Odinga claimed final Tuesday's presidential election had been rigged inward favour of the incumbent Uhuru Kenyatta.
Local media bring carried stories of like constabulary raids on someone homes during the clampdown on unrest.
In a split upward incident inward the Mathare slum inward Nairobi, a nine-year-old immature lady was shot inward the dorsum too killed on Sat spell standing on her family's balcony, equally constabulary fired shots to disperse protesters inward the street below.
The decease cost from post-election violence has forthwith risen to 17, according to an AFP tally. The Red Cross says it has treated 177 people amongst injuries.
Senior constabulary officials also equally Interior Minister Fred Matiangi bring insisted in that place has been no excessive purpose of force, claiming exclusively criminals engaging inward looting too robbery bring been shot past times police.
The Daily Nation defendant the regime of "blatant lies on riot deaths" inward its editorial Tuesday.
"The regime has badly handled the post-election unrest too created to a greater extent than confusion too world anger," it said, urging constabulary to "rein inward officers hell bent on visiting mayhem on miserable citizens".
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein said it was the government's responsibleness to "ensure that safety forces prioritise dialogue, non-violent agency too do restraint, using proportionate forcefulness exclusively when unavoidable.”
AFP