Kenya national The police service said it regrets killing of Pakistani journalist who lived in hiding in country and was shot dead in Nairobi in the incident, which he described as of wrong identity.
The officers opened fire on Arshad Sharif, 50, and friend on The Sunday after they allegedly drove through a security checkpoint outside capital of Kenya.
The officers fired at car nine times hit Sharif in in head. They were on viewpoint for a similar vehicle that they claim has been linked with Child abduction case, according to police.
“They didn’t stop and continued with journey”, i.e. force said on Monday. The police opened fire and gave chase during which car flipped over over.
Sharif killing aroused suspicion of filthy play among observers, politicians and the press. Journalist, who was a fierce critic of Pakistani government fled the country in August after allegedly receiving death threats over his work. His whereabouts were not known to the general public. Most of his friends only knew that he spent time in Dubai and London.
Pakistan prime minister Shehbaz Sharif, tweeted he called the President of Kenya, William Ruto, on Monday afternoon and requested and investigated what he said was a shocking incident.
High Commissioner of Pakistan in Kenya said it also in touch with Kenyan Police Authorities and Ministry of Foreign Affairs over cause.
forcex use of deadly violence drawn concern both nationally and internationally. Kenya fought with police killings and brutality for years. Missing Voices Kenya, an organization that tracks police killings, recorded more than 1286 such cases since 2007, and 100 in this year one.
The Kenya Independent Police Oversight Authority (IPOA), which investigates police misconduct, has opened an investigation into the journalist. killing. However, some IPOA investigations dragged on. on for year and date remain open.
Foreign Press Association of Africa released a statement saying it was “deeply disturbed” over in killing and called on Kenyan government “fully and definitively investigate the incident” and “solve the mystery” behind Sharif death.
His wife Haveria Siddique told the Pakistani media what he was facing harassment for months. He “didn’t even say a name of country in Africa where he moved because of security threats,” she said.
Shirin Mazari, former human rights minister in Pakistan, tweeted: “Let there be no confusion, Arshad Sharif was killed by a sniper bullet in his head. It was not an accident, as they swim now. She didn’t provide any evidence. back up her claim.
Sharif, who was once near military institution, became one of his most ferocious critics this is year. ARI network, one of the biggest channels in Pakistan where Sharif worked with was taken off air after it show was accused of bloat “anti-military mood”. Channel later announced that the paths parted with him among suspicions of side pressure military.
Court in Islamabad turned to the Pakistani security services and police. in August to stop harassing Sharif after he filed a petition through his lawyer that the security forces were violating his fundamental rights. Police and government sources confirmed at the time that he was wanted in complaint case but said no action was taken out to arrest his.
Pakistan has long been insecure for journalists. He finished ninth on Committee to Protect Journalists 2020 global impunity index, annual assessment of countries where journalists are routinely killed while the attackers go free.
