Muslim policemen on 19 January beat and arrested a Christian man on the outskirts of Nairobi in retaliation for refusing to recant Christianity.
Accompanied by two Muslims of Somali descent who had attacked him previously, the policemen arrived at the home where the man lived with his widowed mother. The officers along with the two others punched, kicked, trampled and struck him with blunt objects, relatives said.
‘The police arrived and carried Hassan away with blood flowing from his body,’ his mother said, adding that one of the officers was a Muslim relative of Somali descent who has habitually joined other Somali Muslims resident in Nairobi in attacking her son. In the attack, Hassan lost teeth and suffered leg, chest and back injuries.
