Kenya police accused over deaths

Police made hundreds of arrests of Mungiki members in June

Kenyan police have been accused of involvement in the execution-style killings of nearly 500 people in Nairobi over the past five months.
The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) made the claim after investigating the disappearance of hundreds of men from the Mungiki sect.

Police carried out a major operation against the outlawed criminal gang in June after a series of grisly murders.

The allegations have been dismissed as "irresponsible" by a police spokesman.

The Mungiki terrorised parts of Nairobi and central Kenya earlier this year, demanding protection fees from public transport operators, slum dwellers and other businessmen. Many who refused were brutally murdered.

Banned in 2002, the sect's members are thought to be militants from Kenya's biggest ethnic group, the Kikuyu.