A Kenai police officer has been arrested during a protest against the death of a blogger in police custody during the shooting of a non -citizen.
DW’s Nairobi Correspondent, Felix Mringa was seen and traders were being shot, who were shot in the head in the range.
His video shows that two policemen repeatedly hit the man on their heads and fired one of them, which was seen as a gun.
Police say the man was taken to the hospital for treatment for his wounds.
It occurred in Kenya as a group of whip and club -puffed motorcycle drivers, known as “goons” -cell protesters, calling to eliminate police barbarity and demanding the resignation of a senior officer who was guilty of the death of Blogger Albert Ozwang on 8 June.
Protesters accused the police of siding with their attackers
In a post on X, Kenya Chapter of Amnesty International reported the presence of motorbikes carrying hooded passengers, killing protesters and members of the public.
One of the last year’s large -scale General Z -led protests in Kenya, Hanifa Aden told the AFP news agency, “The goons attacked us. They killed us and beat us with a whip and the police were just watching them doing so.”
A protesters told the Reuters, “Police, stop siding with shadows, goons, with citizens who pay your salary through taxes,” a protesters told Reuters.
Pictures with police officers by press photographer’s show Counter-Protestors disrupted demonstrations on Ozwang’s death.
Blogger dies in custody due to attack
A blogger, Ozwang, who arrested the country’s sub -policy chief, almed lagut earlier this month. Police claimed that he died “after hitting his head against a cell wall.” However, injuries were detected according to the attack as a possible cause of death in the body examination.
Since then, President William Ruto has admitted that Ozwang “died by the police.” Two officials were arrested last week in connection with the death, but the investigation is on.
On Monday, Lagut announced that he had temporarily stepped down from his position as an investigation into Ozwang’s death.
Protests over Ozwang’s death reflect extensive public concerns that have changed very little since more than 60 people were killed last year, which were initially proposed by the tax growth.
Edited by: Alex Berry
