Family Demands Justice as Two Brothers Die Mysteriously After Arrest Past Curfew Hours

A family in Embu County is seeking answers following the mysterious death of two brothers. 

The bodies of Benson Njiru (22) and his younger brother Emanuel Mutura (19) were found at Embu Level 5 Hospital mortuary after they were allegedly arrested by police for flouting COVID-19 protocols.

The two were reportedly apprehended by officers from the Manyatta police station on Sunday after they were found selling pig meat at Kianjakoma trading center past curfew hours.

The deceased’s family claims the police officers took them in circles before informing them that their colleagues in Runyenjes had collected bodies of two young men and took them to the morgue.

Njiru was a student at Don Bosco Technical Institute while Mutura was studying at Kabarak University.

On Thursday, the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) deployed investigators from its Nairobi headquarters to investigate the death of the two siblings.

The investigators will collaborate with their counterparts in Meru to unravel the circumstances surrounding their deaths.