By Reuters
Kenyan prosecutors said on Monday they approved murder charges against six people, including three police officers, for their role in killing a political blogger whose death in police custody sparked large protests.
Kenya’s Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions said in a statement that the six suspects would be arraigned on Tuesday. One of the police officers was the commander at the station where Albert Ojwang, a 31-year-old blogger and teacher, was held in Nairobi.
It was not immediately clear whether the defendants were represented by counsel.
Ojwang died earlier this month following his arrest as part of an investigation triggered by a complaint by the deputy national police chief, Eliud Lagat.
Lagat had filed a formal complaint about allegedly false and malicious information published about him on social media, according to the state-funded police watchdog.
Police initially attributed Ojwang’s death to suicide but apologised after an autopsy found
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