Three Kenyan police officers were arrested Thursday after a video went viral in which they were seen dragging a half-naked woman behind a motorcycle and whipping her over alleged theft. The ordeal causes her trousers to slide off, leaving her naked from the waist down. READ ALSO: BREAKING: Senate confirms Dongban-Mensem as Appeal Court PresidentThe woman was accused of breaking into a police officer’s house, according to a source at the Independent Policing Oversight Authority. “Three officers were yesterday arrested… following the circulation of a video depicting a woman being whipped & dragged on a motorbike in Kuresoi South Sub-County,” the Directorate of Criminal Investigations said in a statement. Kenya’s police force is often accused by rights groups of using excessive force and carrying out unlawful killings, especially in poor neighbourhoods.

Source: Punch June 11, 2020 11:15 UTC