Protests in Nairobi after rapists told to cut the grass
Hundreds of protesters march through Nairobi to demand justice for a 16-year-old gang rape victim after her six attackers were ordered by police to cut grass as their punishment.
Shouting “Justice for Liz”, several hundred took to the streets in Kenya today, demanding that the suspected rapists and the police officers who let them off with a nominal punishment be brought to justice.
The 16 year-old girl – given the pseudonym Liz by the media – was attacked in June when she was raped by six men who then threw her unconscious body down a latrine pit. Several of the suspected perpetrators were caught, but only made to mow the lawn of the police station before being set free.
Liz is now wheelchair-bound, and according to one protester, Fanis Lisegali, Liz also now suffers from other health problems including a fistula.
An online petition to bring her attackers to justice has got 1.3 million signatures.
