Police abandon bid to rescue 31 FGM girls in Marakwet East, Elgeyo Marakwet County as locals attack By Mstaaharabu Robin A mission to rescue 31 girls who were forcibly circumcised in Marakwet East, Elgeyo Marakwet County, was yesterday met with stiff resistance after residents turned hostile and attacked security personnel. The officers, drawn from both regular and Administration Police, had gone to Tinyar and Kapkabutwo villages in Chugor sub-location to rescue the girls who were living in seclusion after undergoing the cut, but they had to abandon their mission and take cover as locals hurled stones at them. The two villages are surrounded by hills with huge rocks and legend has it that villagers would roll them down to decimate their aggressors. Deputy County Commissioner Hussein Alaso Hussein said residents started cursing and throwing stones at the officers from the hills, threatening to roll down big rocks if they attempted to take the girls away or arrest the perpetrators. We feared for the safety of our officers because the locals had surrounded the villages from vantage positions. They were throwing stones while others threatened to roll down the rocks, he said. He said the path leading to the homestead where the girls were kept had been closed using traditional paraphernalia to ward off intruders.
Posted on: Mon, 15 Dec 2014 03:46:37 +0000
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