UK to help investigate Agnes Wanjiru murder in Kenya

The UK will provide Kenyan authorities with all the information they need to investigate the killing of a local woman in 2012, allegedly at the hands of a British soldier.

On Monday, Kenya reopened the inquiry into the death of Agnes Wanjiru

, according to the Reuters news agency.

Speaking to journalists during a visit to Nanyuki, the UK armed forces minister said "no stone will be left unturned" if further allegations come forward and said the UK had "nothing to hide".

The UK government wants those responsible "to be brought to justice", according to James Heappey.

He said he understood the anger of local people, after the British armed forces were accused of a cover-up, but stressed that closing down military training camps in the area was not an appropriate response.

The British Army Training Unit Kenya (BatUK) has also said it was supporting the country's Ministry of Defence discussions with Kenyan authorities over the murder.

Agnes Wanjiru's body was found in a septic tank at a hotel in central Kenya nearly three months after she had spent an evening partying with British soldiers.

For decades, locals have complained about the British army, which has a training base in Nanyuki.

This article originally appeared in BBC News.

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