[PHOTOS] Kware residents in awe as bodies retrieved from dumpsite

In Summary

Police lobbed teargas and shot in the air to disperse the crowd which came out to witness the bodies.
Retrieved bodies were seen wrapped and placed in a police vehicle to be taken to the mortuary.

by PERPETUA ETYANG

12 July 2024 - 18:11

Kware residents gather to watch as bodies are retrieved at a dumpsite on July 12, 2024.
Image: TRACY MUTHONI

Kware residents on Friday stared with disbelief as they watched at least nine bodies retrieved from a dumpsite in the area.

The bodies were wrapped in sacks and dumped at a dumping site.

Residents had gathered at the site as others joined in the process to help retrieve the bodies.

Kware residents gather to watch as bodies are retrieved at a dumpsite on July 12, 2024.
Image: TRACY MUTHONI

The discovery was made by local youths at about midday on Friday, July 12.

Police lobbed teargas and shot in the air to disperse the crowd which came out to witness the bodies.

Bodies were seen wrapped and placed in a police vehicle to be taken to the mortuary.

Kware residents gather to watch as bodies are retrieved at a dumpsite on July 12, 2024.
Image: TRACY MUTHONI

At least nine bodies retrieved from a dumpsite at Kware on July 12, 2024.
Image: TRACY MUTHONI

A resident gets ready to retrieve bodies at a dumpsite in Kware on July 12, 2024.
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A resident gets in a dumpsite at Kware to retrieve bodies on July 12, 2024.
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Residents scamper for safety as police lob tear gas to disperse them at Kware after bodies were discovered dumped at a site in the area on July 12, 2024.
Image: TRACY MUTHONI

At least nine bodies retrieved from a dumpsite at Kware on July 12, 2024.
Image: TRACY MUTHONI

Kware residents watch as police retrieve bodies from a dumpsite on July 12, 2024.
Image: TRACY MUTHONI

Residents scamper for safety as police lob tear gas to disperse them at Kware after bodies were discovered dumped at a site in the area on July 12, 2024.
Image: TRACY MUTHONI