A UK “service person” has been accused of rape near a British Army training camp in Kenya where a soldier is alleged to have murdered a woman, it has been reported.

The alleged rape happened last month close to the British Army Training Unit Kenya (Batuk), near the town Nanyuki, and the man was arrested after a group of soldiers visited a bar in the area, the BBC reports.

It comes after the body of 21-year-old Agnes Wanjiru, who was allegedly murdered by a British soldier, was found in a septic tank at a Kenyan hotel, close to a British Army base, two months after she disappeared in March 2012.

On Sunday, a Ministry of Defence spokesman said: “We can confirm the arrest of a service person in Kenya.

“As the matter is the subject of an ongoing investigation by the Defence Serious C

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