Five Kenyan policemen arraigned over jail break of suspected serial killer

People gather at the Kware quarry dumpsite and quarry where a number of dead bodies of women were recovered wrapped in plastic bags, and which is now used as a rubbish dump within the Mukuru settlement in Nairobi, Kenya, July 22, 2024. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Five Kenyan police officers were arraigned on Wednesday, accused of helping a suspected serial killer and 12 others escape from a police station in the capital Nairobi, court documents showed.

Prosecutors asked the court to detain the policemen, who were on duty during Tuesday's jail break, for two weeks to allow officers to complete an investigation into their alleged involvement.