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| A UN investigator into extra-judicial killings in Kenya has called for an independent inquiry into the murder of two human rights activists. | A UN investigator into extra-judicial killings in Kenya has called for an independent inquiry into the murder of two human rights activists. |
| Oscar Kamau Kingara was shot dead along with a colleague hours after a government spokesman accused their group of aiding a criminal gang. | Oscar Kamau Kingara was shot dead along with a colleague hours after a government spokesman accused their group of aiding a criminal gang. |
| A consortium of human rights groups in Kenya says it holds the government responsible for the death. | A consortium of human rights groups in Kenya says it holds the government responsible for the death. |
| The police have denied any government involvement in the killings. | The police have denied any government involvement in the killings. |
| But UN investigator Philip Alston said that in the circumstances, suspicion was bound to fall on the Kenyan police. | But UN investigator Philip Alston said that in the circumstances, suspicion was bound to fall on the Kenyan police. |
| The human rights community in Kenya holds the government fully and wholly responsible for the assassinations Cyprian Nyamwamu Kenya police 'ran death squads' | The human rights community in Kenya holds the government fully and wholly responsible for the assassinations Cyprian Nyamwamu Kenya police 'ran death squads' |
| "It is extremely troubling when those working to defend human rights in Kenya can be assassinated in broad daylight in the middle of Nairobi," said Mr Alston, who last week released a report accusing Kenya's police of involvement in extra-judicial killings. | "It is extremely troubling when those working to defend human rights in Kenya can be assassinated in broad daylight in the middle of Nairobi," said Mr Alston, who last week released a report accusing Kenya's police of involvement in extra-judicial killings. |
| Mr Kingara is one of those who gave evidence to Mr Alston. | Mr Kingara is one of those who gave evidence to Mr Alston. |
| "This constitutes a major threat to the rule of law, regardless of who might be responsible for the killings," said the UN investigator. | "This constitutes a major threat to the rule of law, regardless of who might be responsible for the killings," said the UN investigator. |
| Mr Alston's report last week called for Kenya's top policeman and the attorney general to resign for failing to address police impunity. | Mr Alston's report last week called for Kenya's top policeman and the attorney general to resign for failing to address police impunity. |
| Blood-spattered car | Blood-spattered car |
| Mr Kingara and his colleague John Paul Oulu were shot dead in their car near State House, the official residence of the Kenyan president. | |
| Afterwards university students clashed with riot police, with students refusing to release the blood-spattered car and the two bodies to police, according to a report on the Associated Press. | Afterwards university students clashed with riot police, with students refusing to release the blood-spattered car and the two bodies to police, according to a report on the Associated Press. |
| The killings have outraged the human rights community. | The killings have outraged the human rights community. |
| "The human rights community in Kenya holds the government fully and wholly responsible for the assassinations," Cyprian Nyamwamu of the Kenya Human Rights Consortium told the BBC. | "The human rights community in Kenya holds the government fully and wholly responsible for the assassinations," Cyprian Nyamwamu of the Kenya Human Rights Consortium told the BBC. |
| "These two colleagues, members of the Oscar Foundation, are genuine, established, renowned human rights defenders," he said. | "These two colleagues, members of the Oscar Foundation, are genuine, established, renowned human rights defenders," he said. |
| Mr Kingara's Oscar Foundation Free Legal Aid Clinic published a report last year, which said that 8,040 young Kenyans have been executed or tortured to death since 2002 in a police crackdown on a gang known as the Mungiki. | Mr Kingara's Oscar Foundation Free Legal Aid Clinic published a report last year, which said that 8,040 young Kenyans have been executed or tortured to death since 2002 in a police crackdown on a gang known as the Mungiki. |
| Earlier on Thursday, a government spokesman had accused the Oscar Foundation of raising money for the Mungiki. | Earlier on Thursday, a government spokesman had accused the Oscar Foundation of raising money for the Mungiki. |
| Also on Thursday, members of the gang had led protests against police violence in the capital Nairobi and other towns. | Also on Thursday, members of the gang had led protests against police violence in the capital Nairobi and other towns. |