A man who was killed in an altercation with a police officer in
Nairobi’s Kawangware area was shot seven times.
An autopsy done on the body of Amos Langat at the Chiromo Mortuary
showed he had seven bullet wounds in the chest and stomach.
The gun involved was a pistol.
According to Langat’s family, he sustained four gunshot wounds to
the stomach and three to the chest.
This followed a dispute between him and a police officer attached
to State House Spokesman Hussein Mohamed on Sunday night over a pool game,
police and witnesses said.
Langat was shot outside the bar where they had argued.
Corporal Mohamed Yusuf Keinan is in the hospital under police
watch.
He is supposed to provide a statement on the incident as part of
the probe into the same.
Among those present during the autopsy exercise were officers from
the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA), now investigating the
case.
Langat’s brother Enoch said the deceased was shot at close range.
“Some of the bullets raptured the heart. We were shown the
injuries,” he said.
Langat’s family is now finalising arrangements to transport his
remains to Bureti, Kericho County, as the probe into the incident goes on.
Police said the suspect checked himself into a local hospital,
citing hand and shoulder injuries.
He returned a pistol with three bullets to Muthangari police
station after the incident.
Detectives confirm he remains under police guard as they await a
medical report to determine the next steps in the investigation.
The
incident was the latest involving police officers attached to VIPs as
bodyguards.
Three
people have in the past month been shot dead by police officers attached to
VIPs as bodyguards.
They
include two police officers. Two others are nursing wounds from the shooting
incidents.
Another police officer attached to Parliament shot and killed a colleague at the Gigiri police station on March 9.
VIP bodyguards usually go through rigorous training before being deployed.
