'We'll behead all drivers'
16/04/2008 12:48  - (SA)  

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Nairobi - Minibus drivers in eastern Nairobi appear to be heeding a gang threat to behead anyone who defies orders to stay off the roads.

Commuters were trekking dozens of miles into downtown Nairobi with minibuses stalled for a second day in Kenya's tense capital.

Throngs of people filled the roads early on Wednesday morning as minibus operators locally known as "matatus" stayed off the streets out of fear.

A criminal gang called the Mungiki warned a day earlier that they would behead all drivers, conductors and passengers who violated their "orders" to stay off roads.

Nairobi police officer Julius Nuthuri said two people were slightly injured overnight in an apparent attack on a matatu.

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