Police arrest 24 members of suspected sect in FGM operation in Juja, Kiambu
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Police in Juja Subcounty, Kiambu county, arrested 24 people following an operation targeting a suspected religious sect operating within the area.
The group was advocating, among others, the Female Genital Mutilation, police said.
According to a police report from Abba-Salama Police Post under Juja Farm Police Station, the operation was conducted on Saturday afternoon after officials alerted authorities about the presence of the group.
Juja Subcounty Police Commander Bernard Ngungu said his officers had been investigating the group for some time.
“There was a case we were investigating involving an illegal sect which was conducting its activities inside a shrine behind this area,” Ngungu said.
Police believe the sect recently relocated to Kalimoni in Juja and had been under surveillance by investigators following reports of suspicious practices.
Police officers moved to the location at around 2:00 pm and arrested the suspected sect leader. Fifteen men and eight women who were found at the shrine were also apprehended during the operation, police said.
Police said several items believed to be associated with the sect’s activities were recovered at the scene.
These included cowrie shells, horns, a small sisal basket allegedly used during the group’s rituals, and other paraphernalia.
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