NAIROBI, June 26 (Xinhua) -- Kenyan police on Monday launched investigations into the mysterious death of five people whose bodies were dumped at the railway line in Nairobi's sprawling Kibera slums.
Nairobi County police commander Japheth Koome said some of the bodies whose eyes had been gouged and some had the private parts mutilated seemed to have died painfully in the hands of their killers.
Koome said they are yet to know who was behind the incident and the motive.
"They seem to have been dumped there after they were killed elsewhere by unknown people. We are investigating," said Koome.
Residents could only identify one body. The one that the residents said hailed from there had been missing for a day. It is not clear how and who killed the men thrown on the railway line for the cargo train to run over them.
Koome said the bodies were dumped there on Sunday night by unknown people in Darajani area. The first two bodies were in Darajani area while the rest were discovered down the railway line.
The officers who attended the scene said the bodies had deep cuts in the head, and stomach. Police combed the area to search for clues of the killings in vain.
The bodies were discovered in mid morning hours in the slum by residents who called police. The residents said the discovery was the latest in a series that have been happening there.
"We usually find bodies here and call police to pick them. We don't know who kill the victims," said Sheila Asika, a resident. Enditem
