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Protests Over Grass Cutting Punishment Given To Rapists In Kenya
 
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Mon, 28 Oct 2013   ||   Nigeria,
 

From Kenya, it was gathered that people have started demanding justice after three men accused of brutally gang-raping a 16-year old girl were ordered to cut grass as punishment.

CEOAFRICA.com gathered that the victim was gang-raped and dumped in a pit latrine in Busia. Petitioners however call for the dismissal of policemen who ordered the punishment.

When her case came to light earlier this month, it caused national outrage.

It was revealed that the director of public prosecutions has ordered the national police to investigate why the local force, known as administration police, did not fully investigate the alleged rape, and instead ordered the suspects to cut grass.

According to sources, the 16-year old was attacked after returning from a grandfather's funeral in a village in Busia, western Kenya. Her back was broken during the attacks and she now uses a wheelchair.

The alleged rapists are reported to have gone into hiding.

 

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