Suspected serial killer escapes from police custody in Kenya’s Nairobi
Al Jazeera
Collins Jumaisi Khalusha, who is accused of dismembering 42 women, breaks out of a police station along with 12 others.
A manhunt is under way in Kenya after the escape from a Nairobi police cell of a man police claim had confessed to murdering and dismembering 42 women.
Collins Jumaisi Khalusha, 33, described by police as a “vampire, a psychopath” after his arrest on July 15, broke out on Tuesday morning along with 12 undocumented Eritrean migrants, Kenya police spokeswoman Resila Onyango said.
The breakout was discovered when officers made a routine visit to the police station cells at about 5am (02:00 GMT) to serve the prisoners breakfast, the police said in a separate statement.
“On opening the cell door, they found that 13 prisoners had escaped by cutting the wire mesh in the basking bay,” it said, referring to an area in the station where detainees could get access to fresh air.
The police station is located in the upmarket Nairobi district of Gigiri, home to the regional headquarters of the United Nations and numerous embassies.
