Kenya's deputy president seeks trial adjournment because of deadly mall attack in Nairobi

Published January 13, 2015

Lawyers for Kenya's deputy president are seeking an adjournment in his trial at the International Criminal Court so he can return home to help deal with the fallout from the deadly shopping mall attack in Nairobi.

Attorney Karim Khan said Sunday he has submitted a request for an adjournment and the court is expected to debate it Monday morning.

The motion underscores the difficulties for Deputy President William Ruto in attending the trial in The Hague while trying to help run his country.

Ruto, whose trial started earlier this month in The Hague, has pleaded not guilty to charges of orchestrating violence in the aftermath of Kenya's 2007 elections.

Saturday's mall attack by Islamic extremists left dozens of people dead and Kenyan troops in in standoff with the assailants.

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