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‘Forced ingestion of chillies’: Postmortems reveal torture in Kenyatta Market deaths blamed on police

Summary by Capital FM Kenya
NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 3 — Postmortem examinations of two men who died after a brutal assault at Kenyatta Market have revealed disturbing signs of torture, intensifying calls for accountability amid allegations of police involvement. The autopsies, conducted at Kenyatta National Hospital, confirmed that Daniel Nuthu (45) and James Nzau (29) died from severe blunt force trauma to the head, causing extensive brain hemorrhaging. Pathologists also docu…
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‘Forced ingestion of chillies’: Postmortems reveal torture in Kenyatta Market deaths blamed on police

NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 3 — Postmortem examinations of two men who died after a brutal assault at Kenyatta Market have revealed disturbing signs of torture, intensifying calls for accountability amid allegations of police involvement. The autopsies, conducted at Kenyatta National Hospital, confirmed that Daniel Nuthu (45) and James Nzau (29) died from severe blunt force trauma to the head, causing extensive brain hemorrhaging. Pathologists also docu…

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Capital FM Kenya broke the news in Nairobi, Kenya on Tuesday, February 3, 2026.
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