Kenyan LGBTQ activist's roommate suspected in his death, police say

FILE PHOTO: Kenyan LGBT activist Edwin Chiloba poses for a selfie in Kakamega, Kenya published May 9, 2019 in this picture obtained from social media. Courtesy of Edwin Chiloba via Facebook/via REUTERS

NAIROBI (Reuters) - One of the suspects in the death last week of prominent Kenyan LGBTQ rights campaigner Edwin Chiloba is his roommate with whom he is "believed to have been in (a) close relationship," the police said on Monday.

Chiloba's body was found in a metal box after being dumped out of a vehicle. His death sent shockwaves through the LGBTQ community in Kenya, where homosexuality is taboo and gay sex is punishable by 14 years in prison, although that law is rarely enforced.