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 NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - A wave of violence across the Kenyan capital killed 22 people early Friday, and police were investigating whether a shadowy gang that has threatened to launch an uprising against the government was involved.
Several of the attacks had the hallmarks of the Mungiki gang, which is accused in a string of beheadings and whose founder was sentenced to prison just hours before the violence erupted. Three of the victims were beheaded, and the Kariobangi neighborhood where at least eight people died is known to be an area where Mungiki operates.
Kiplimo Rugut, the commissioner of Central Province, said that Mungiki was suspected in some of the overnight killings. "This is a possibility we are looking at," he told The Associated Press.
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