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Raped, murdered and dumped in church

MERU, Kenya, Aug 14 – Police in Meru are investigating the rape and murder of a 25-year-old bar-maid, whose half-naked dead body was later dumped in a church compound within Maua town.

The woman had injuries on the head and punctured eyes where she was discovered by passers-by on Friday morning in a church next to the Kamukunji open grounds in Maua.

Meru North police boss Maurice Kiplagat said that a large stone with blood stains was found beside the body and is thought to be the murder weapon.

“There were several used condoms found next to the body,” he said, indicating that she may have been gang raped.

The name of deceased, who worked in a local bar, could not be immediately released since the next of kin had not yet been notified.

No arrests have been made yet, but Mr Kiplagat said that police were piecing together clues with a view to apprehending and bringing to book those behind the gruesome murder.  

Police have moved the body to Meru District Hospital mortuary for a post mortem examination.

Meanwhile, four suspected gangsters were gunned down by police in two separate incidents in Nairobi on Thursday night.

Three of them were killed after a shoot out in Kangemi where an AK-47 rifle and a pistol were recovered.

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Police told Capital Newsbeat that they believe the guns may have been stolen from officers in previous robbery incidents. They also recovered a vehicle that is thought to have been stolen.

In Kasarani, area Divisional Police Chief Jaspa Ombati said officers on patrol gunned down a suspected gangster and recovered a home-made gun in Mathare slum.

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