Kenya ICC witness Killed

Meschak Yebei was killed on a visit to see his son and pregnant wife

"I just couldn't bring myself to look at his body again; it was so badly mutilated... I couldn't recognise him at first," the wife of Meschak Yebei told me outside a hospital mortuary in the western Kenyan town of Eldoret.

Lillian Yebei said that her husband, who was due to appear as a defence witness at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, had disappeared 10 days earlier.

He was a good man, a reconciler and I don't know why someone would kill him”

End Quote Meschak Yebei's wife

His body was found over the weekend about 40km (25 miles) from his home in a river, caught up between some rocks.

It is not clear who was behind the killing - the authorities say they are investigating.
But the family firmly believes the motive was because of his association with the ICC.
And as brutal as the killing was, it was not unique in Eldoret, a town hit by the ethnic violence which following disputed elections in 2007.
Those believed to be responsible for that violence have been at the centre of ICC prosecutions.
Several families have reported the mysterious disappearance of relatives who had ties or were seen to be co-operating with The Hague-based court.

Source:BBC