POLICE OFFICER CAPTURED ON CAMERA SHOOTING UNARMED VENDOR IN NAIROBI CBD

A disturbing incident was caught on camera, where a police officer shot down an unarmed vendor in CBD. In a video, the police officer was seen running towards a group of demonstrators who were along Mondlane Street near Imenti House, from a group of police officers who were stationed along Moi Avenue opposite Nairobi Sports Center. The officer who was charging towards the protesters fired his gun at them but did not injure anyone. Moments later he charged at the protesters, taking a turn from Moi Avenue to Mondlane Street, where he and his colleague confronted a man said to be selling masks. The police officer and his colleague paused with one slapping the victim. The other police officer hit the man with the back of his rifle. Seconds later the first officer aimed his gun at him and shot him at close range. Images going round on social media shows a man on the ground bleeding profusely from his upper body with his hands still holding a packet of masks he was said to be selling. Nearby protesters scooped him up and rushed him to the Bliss Medical Centre for immediate medical treatment.