(NDIMA/IFEX) – A guard working for “The Star” newspaper, who had been hijacked outside the newspaper’s offices in Nairobi by people who turned out to be plainclothes police officers, was released on 29 July 1998, after twenty hours in custody. No charges were brought against him, but police told him they would carry out further […]
(NDIMA/IFEX) – A guard working for “The Star” newspaper, who had been
hijacked outside the newspaper’s offices in Nairobi by people who turned out
to be plainclothes police officers, was released on 29 July 1998, after
twenty hours in custody. No charges were brought against him, but police
told him they would carry out further investigations.
**Updates IFEX alert of 28, 24, 23, 17, 15 and 14 July 1998**
Background Information
On 28 July 1998, two people believed to be plainclothes police officers
attempted to impound copies of “The Star”, a bi-weekly Nairobi newspaper.
Sources said the two went to the newspaper’s offices, where they were
challenged by the staff and members of the public. They left the scene, but
later a truck with some men on board emerged and abducted a guard hired by
the newspaper.
