In Kenya, ‘a psychopathic serial killer’ confesses to murdering 42 women

Posted on July 15, 2024

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Police investigate after nine mutilated bodies found at Nairobi garbage dump Kenya The arrest of a suspect was announced on July 15. He confessed. Collins Jumaisi Khalusha, 33, was arrested in Nairobi this morning and “confessed to luring, killing and disposing of 42 bodies.” female at the landfill,” the head of the criminal investigation department told a news conference.

According to Amin Mohammed, the killer was arrested in front of a venue “where he came to watch the European Football Championship final” and which opposed the night of July 14, Spain to England. “We are dealing with a serial killer, a psychopathic serial killer who has no respect for human life,” the CID chief continued. During the search a machete was found, “which we believe was used to dismember the victims” Australia He added that the suspect’s home and called Collins Jumaisi Kalusha a “vampire.”

Amin Mohammed detailed that “unfortunately and with great sadness, the suspect claimed that his first victim was his wife (…) and that he strangled her and then dismembered her body and stored it in a landfill”. According to the first interrogation, all He said the victims were killed “in the same manner”.

100 meters from the police station

According to the police, the murders may have taken place between 2022 and July 11, 2024. In addition, Amin Mohamed reported that “the second suspect (…) was arrested using a mobile phone belonging to one of the victims”. Donald More details. According to authorities, nine bodies have been found at the dump since the search began on Friday, July 12, and Sunday, July 14, including at least eight women. The victims ranged in age from 18 to 30. For the first eight finds, Amen Muhammad.

The police have come under heavy criticism after the first bodies were found at the dump, less than 100 metres from the police station. Acting national police chief Douglas Kanja on Sunday promised a “transparent, thorough and swift investigation” and stressed that officers at the station had summer On Friday, the Independent Police Oversight Authority (IPOA) announced it was investigating whether police were involved in the killing.

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The case comes as Kenyan security forces have been under pressure since then. In June, dozens died recent Manifestations NGOs accused the police of excessive repression by shooting at protesters in protest of the government’s tax increase plan.

Douglas Kanja took over on July 12 after Japhet Koome was replaced by a former Deadly demonstrations fin JuneThe National Human Rights Commission announced in early July that a total of 39 people had been killed and more than 630 injured. In Kenya, police are feared and often accused of murder and extrajudicial executions, especially in poor communities, but they are not subject to directives. rare condemn.

(AFP)