Article 5R31S UK defence minister faces call for inquiry into 2012 killing of Kenyan woman

UK defence minister faces call for inquiry into 2012 killing of Kenyan woman

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Robert Booth Social affairs correspondent
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Inquest in Kenya in 2019 concluded that Agnes Wanjiru, 21, was murdered by British soldiers'

The UK defence secretary, Ben Wallace, is facing calls to launch an investigation into a possible cover-up after no one was held responsible for the alleged killing of a 21-year old Kenyan woman by one or more off-duty British soldiers.

John Healey, the shadow defence secretary, described the 2012 killing of Agnes Wanjiru, a sex worker, as dreadful" and called for Wallace to take this more seriously".

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