Muslims ‘targeted in extrajudicial killings’

Kenya’s anti-terror police have carried out at least 81 extrajudicial killings in country’s mainly Muslim coastal region since 2012, a rights group says. Haki Africa said the figure could be higher but some families were reluctant to come forward for fear of victimisation by state security agents. The police oversight body said 52 officers were […]

Kenya’s anti-terror police have carried out at least 81 extrajudicial killings in country’s mainly Muslim coastal region since 2012, a rights group says.
Haki Africa said the figure could be higher but some families were reluctant to come forward for fear of victimisation by state security agents.
The police oversight body said 52 officers were on trial in connection with such killings countrywide.
The Somali militant al-Shabab group has been targeting Kenya over the deployment of Kenyan forces to Somalia.