Kenyan forces abuse civilians to avenge attacks: rights group

NAIROBI- Kenyan security forces randomly detained, beat and humiliated ethnic Somalis living in Kenya’s northeast in response to attacks blamed on Somali militants and their sympathisers, Human Rights Watch said on Friday.

Kenya’s military incursion into southern Somalia in October triggered a wave of grenade attacks and low-level bomb blasts in the remote region, some of which targeted military and police personnel.

The security forces reacted with a violent crackdown on local communities, the rights group said.

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