In Kenya, the mutilated bodies of six women were discovered in a garbage dump in Nairobi.

Kenyan police have announced an investigation after the mutilated bodies of six women were discovered at a landfill site in the capital, Nairobi, on Friday, July 12. Eyewitnesses claimed that nine bodies were found at the dump, but Nairobi police later said in a statement that the bodies had been found. “Six badly mutilated bodies, all women, in varying states of decomposition.”. The bodies were wrapped in nylon cloth reinforced with ropes.The police added.

Police had to fire tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse an angry crowd that surrounded a police station near the site of the gruesome discovery in Mukuru, a shanty town south of the capital, an AFP journalist reported. “Investigations have been opened to determine the identity of these people and the manner of their killing.”Nairobi police chief Adamson Bongi told reporters.

Police say the women were killed in the same way.

Eyewitnesses told AFP that the bodies were found hidden in bags among piles of rubbish. “We need answers from the police because this is something that needs to be investigated very quickly.”Lucy Njambi, who lives in Mukuru, told AFP. “What I saw was shocking. Bodies hidden in bags and dumped in the dumpster.”I continued.

The criminal police at this stage estimated that the women were killed in the same way, without further details. The bodies were taken to the morgue for autopsy, according to the same source.