Police on Friday said they had arrested a freelance photographer said to be a longtime friend of the 25-year-old victim.
NAIROBI - Kenyan police have arrested more suspects over the killing of LGBTQ activist Edwin Chiloba, whose mutilated body was found on a roadside stuffed in a metal trunk, media reports said on Sunday.
On Saturday, another three suspects were detained for their alleged role in disposing of his remains, media reports said, quoting police officials. His call was echoed by the African Union's human rights commissioner Solomon Ayele Dersso who issued a statement Saturday condemning Chiloba's killing and saying it appeared it was "a result of hate".
The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights said Chiloba's death followed the unsolved murders of several other rights advocates for sexual minorities, Sheila Lumumba, Erica Chandra and Joash Mosoti.
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