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Protesters roughed up police spokesman Charles Owino demanding he takes responsibility for the murder of a human rights lawyer and two others.
Owino was being driven in a police car from Vigilance House when the demonstrators spotted him at Freedom Corner on Monday.
They blocked the road, demanding that he alight and join their march to IG Joseph Boinnet's office.
On alighting, they poured red paint on the spokesman and forced him to carry a coffin written "stop extra judicial killings".
When they reached the Inspector General's office, the crowd refused to be addressed by Owino and demanded Boinnet's presence.
Protesters proceeded to dump coffins outside the IG's gate after they were informed that he was in another meeting.
More than 30 local and international human rights groups and lawyers took to the streets to protest the murders of lawyer Willie Kimani, his client Josephat Mwenda and taxi driver, Joseph Muiruri.
Activists demanded that government agencies begin investigations into the "heinous" deaths.
The demonstrations also took place at Mombasa law courts, Jomo Kenyatta Sports Ground in Kisumu and Railways Grounds in Nakuru.
[VIDEO] Police spokesman manhandled in march against extrajudicial killings
Owino was being driven in a police car from Vigilance House when the demonstrators spotted him at Freedom Corner on Monday.
They blocked the road, demanding that he alight and join their march to IG Joseph Boinnet's office.
On alighting, they poured red paint on the spokesman and forced him to carry a coffin written "stop extra judicial killings".
When they reached the Inspector General's office, the crowd refused to be addressed by Owino and demanded Boinnet's presence.
Protesters proceeded to dump coffins outside the IG's gate after they were informed that he was in another meeting.
More than 30 local and international human rights groups and lawyers took to the streets to protest the murders of lawyer Willie Kimani, his client Josephat Mwenda and taxi driver, Joseph Muiruri.
Activists demanded that government agencies begin investigations into the "heinous" deaths.
The demonstrations also took place at Mombasa law courts, Jomo Kenyatta Sports Ground in Kisumu and Railways Grounds in Nakuru.
[VIDEO] Police spokesman manhandled in march against extrajudicial killings