Body of fashion designer and model Edwin Chiloba, 25, found in metal trunk left by roadside
Photograph: Edwin Chiloba/Facebook/ReutersPhotograph: Edwin Chiloba/Facebook/ReutersPolice investigating the death of an LGBTQ+ rights campaigner whose body was discovered stuffed in a metal trunk have arrested a suspect, they said.earlier this week about 40km outside the Rift Valley town of Eldoret, media reports said.
“We are holding him as a prime suspect because there are leads pointing to him and others, but all these are subject to conclusive investigations,” he told reporters. human rights commission urged police “to conduct swift investigations and ensure the killers are apprehended and prosecuted”. Members of the LGBTQ community often face harassment and physical attacks in the predominantly conservative Christian nation. Homosexuality is taboo in Kenya and across much ofAttempts to overturn British colonial-era laws banning homosexuality in Kenya have proven unsuccessful, and gay sex remains a crime with penalties that include imprisonment of up to 14 years.
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