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A young man, Bruce John Chawa, said to be a blogger, was allegedly abducted, tortured, s0domized and gang r@ped for allegedly criticizing the governor of Mombasa County online.
CNN international correspondent, Larry Madowo, who disclosed this in an X post on Monday, September 30, 2024, said a video of the victim’s gang r@pe was shared on shared on social media.
Meanwhile, the Directorate of Criminal Investigation, DCI, detectives drawn from the Operations Support Unit and DCI Coast have arrested four suspects in connection with the incident.
According to DCI, the victim was accosted by a gang of over 10 individuals riding on motorcycles while in his house at Bamburi Mwisho, Mombasa County.
Upon realizing that their actions would raise concerns from his neighbours, they deceived him that their mission was to take him to the Mombasa County Governor to apologize for a social media post allegedly made by him abusing the Governor and his family members.
The victim was thereafter abducted and taken to an unknown location where he was allegedly assaulted and gang raped, s0domized.
The suspects include; Abdul Hassan Athman, who was in possession of motorcycle, make Haojin Reg No. KMFV 410G believed to have been used during the incident, Esther Muthoni, Violet Adera and Haji Babu Ndau Mohamed alias JAY, a Boda Boda operator who carried the victim but later escaped. He was arrested at Lukenya area in Athi River while on board a Dreamline bus where he was suspected to have been running away from investigators.
“The four and others who are still being sought are believed to have been involved in abduction and subsequent gang rape/sodomy of Bruce John Kajira on 12th September, 2024,” DCI said in a statement last week.
“Investigations have revealed that on the material day, the victim was accosted by a gang of over 10 individuals riding on motor bikes while in his house at Bamburi Mwisho where they forced their entry into his house by breaking his door.
“Upon realizing that their actions would raise concerns from his neighbours, they deceived him that their mission was to take him to the Mombasa County Governor to apologize for a social media post allegedly made by him abusing the Governor and his family members. The victim was thereafter abducted and taken to an unknown location where he was assaulted and gang raped/ sodomized.
