Bodies in sacks found in River Yala
Wednesday, January 19th, 2022 02:30 | By
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At least 20 dead bodies have been retrieved from a river in western Kenya in recent weeks, according to a human rights group.
Haki Africa told the BBC that most of the bodies recovered from River Yala, which fl ows into Lake Victoria, were found in sacks, some tied up and others mutilated.
Haki Africa’s executive director Hussein Khalid added that the local mortuary was receiving the unidentifi ed bodies and had buried nine of them in a mass grave to make space for more bodies.
Locals say the bodies are dumped into the river at night by unidentifi ed people. Khalid and another activist, Boniface Mwangi, travelled to the scene, and say they saw two bodies fl oating on the river.
