The shooting death of senior journalist and anchorperson Arshad Sharif by Kenyan police on Sunday night when he was travelling from the country’s Magadi town to Nairobi has become the country’s top trend on Kenyan Twitter. Sharif was shot dead in a “mistaken identity” case.
The trend indicates that since the Kenyan police released a statement about the occurrence, the tragic incident has become the talk of the town throughout Kenya, receiving 499,000 tweets.
Arshad was allegedly shot dead earlier today while travelling from Kenya’s Magadi town to Nairobi in a “mistaken identity” case, according to the Kenyan police.
In this regard, Kenya Anne Makori, the chairperson of the Independent Policing Oversight Authority, acknowledged at a news conference on Monday that Kenyan police in Kajiado County shot and killed Pakistani journalist Arshad Muhammad Sharif, 50, on the evening of October 23.
“A Pakistani national was allegedly killed by police yesterday night at Tinga Market in Kajiado County. Our quick reaction team has already been sent, “She said, noting that the Independent Policing Oversight Authority would conduct a transparent investigation and that an investigation into the incident is currently under way.
