By Reuters Staff
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NAIROBI (Reuters) - A Kenyan inquest has ruled that police are to blame for the death of a 9-year-old girl during violence after the 2017 elections, saying that if the police wanted to find the girl’s killer, who remains at large, they could do so in a day.
Protesters stand near barricades set on fire by opposition supporters in the slum area of Mathare in the capital Nairobi, Kenya, October 30, 2017. REUTERS/Siegfried Modola/File Photo
The death of Stephanie Moraa, and that of a six-month-old baby killed in post-election violence in western Kenya, became a flashpoint for public anger over police brutality. It also put a spotlight on what critics say are inadequate government efforts to prosecute officers who commit crimes. reut.rs/3vKNYyK