Kenya Begins Trials Of Killer Police Squad

Four Kenyan policemen accused of being behind a spate of murders, abductions, and torture across the country are set to go on trial on Monday in the capital, Nairobi. <br />They were part of an elite squad that was disbanded by President William Ruto for allegedly carrying out extrajudicial killings and disappearances of suspects over several years. <br />Human Rights groups say their independent investigations have linked the squad and other police units to the death of more than 600 people over the past four years. <br />Some of the bodies were later recovered in rivers in western and northern Kenya.