Two university students have been arrested for allegedly kidnapping and torturing a 12-year-old boy in Nairobi.

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Levis Oduor and Edwin Otieno of JKUAT were arrested on Saturday in Juja, in a house where they had hidden the boy, who is now receiving treatment at the Nairobi Hospital.

Nairobi DCI boss Nicholas Kamwende said the suspects demanded a Sh500, 000 ransom from the boy’s parents.

“Unfortunately the boy knew the kidnappers and wondered why they were beating him while giving him a phone to communicate with the parents. They would ferry their victim between Juja and another house in Kawangware, from where they would make most of the calls, before taking the boy back to the hostel,” Kamande said.