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Protesters in Kenya's capital demand official answers over a blogger's death in police custody

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Blogger Albert Ojwang was arrested June 6 in Homa Bay in western Kenya .

He was driven 400 kilometers ( 248 miles ) to Nairobi for what police said was publishing "false information" on social media.

He subsequently died at the Central Police Station after “hitting his head against the cell wall,” police said.

President William Ruto in a statement on Wednesday said the death was “heartbreaking and unacceptable".

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