Police in the Kenyan capital Nairobi say they have shot dead Annan push to broker Kenya peace ...
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The protests were led by the illegal Mungiki sect. They follow the discovery of the beheaded body of the wife of the sect's leader at the weekend.
Protesters were also reportedly angered by the sect leader's imprisonment.
One report describes police clashing with machete-waving gang members who blocked roads with burning cars and set a police post on fire.
Public transport into Nairobi from the suburbs is suffering severe disruption following the clashes, which first broke out over the weekend.
The beheaded body of Virginia Nyaiko, wife of Maina Njenga, was recovered by relatives and members of the sect, who accuse a section of the police force of being behind the killings of its members.
The Mungiki sect, which first emerged in the 1980s, is said to have been initially inspired by the Mau Mau rebellion of the 1950s against British colonial rule.
But since then it is said to have undergone a metamorphosis, with members turning to horrific crimes and now likened to Kenya's version of the Mafia.
(BBC)
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