Kenya protest after alleged gang-rapists ordered to cut grass as punishment
Hundreds of people took to the streets in Kenya's capital Nairobi Thursday after police punished the alleged rapists of a 16-year-old schoolgirl by making them cut their compound's lawn.
The girl, widely referred to as "Liz," was gang-raped after returning from her grandfather's funeral in the village of Busia in western Kenya in June, women's rights groups say.
After the assault she was thrown into an outdoor pit latrine, breaking her back. When she regained consciousness she crawled out of the sewer and was discovered by villagers who heard her screams, activists say.
The girl, who is now in a wheelchair, later identified three of the six alleged attackers and villagers rounded them up and brought them to the police station in Tingolo. According to activists the men were arrested for assault and detained but were never officially prosecuted -- and were instead ordered to cut the grass around the police compound before being released.
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