Outrage as 15-Year-Old Boy is Shot Dead by Police

 A 15-year-old boy lost his life on Friday 15 November after a confrontation with the police in Mshomoroni area in Mombasa county.

The boy identified as Reagan Rashid was shot by police in the chest and died on the spot. He is said to have sat for his KCPE exams in 2019. The boy is alleged to have been involved in gang that was planing to engage in criminal activities in the area.

Speaking to The Standard, Kisauni Police Boss Julius Karagu recounted how they were alerted by members of the public who were in the area. 

Students from Mombasa Campus protest Police Killings on November 3 ,2018

“We were informed that there was a group of suspected criminal gangs armed with machetes terrorising locals. When we raided their hideout, the suspect who was fatally shot attempted to attack our officers with a machete,” the police boss stated.

According to the police, the boys were preparing to launch an assault on the public when the police confronted them.

A form two student from Frere Town Secondary School, a class seven student from Kisauni and another student from a local day school were among the arrested youth.

The other five fled the scene and are still at large. The arrested boys will be arraigned in court on Monday, November 18.

In an interview with KTN, Karagu stated that the boys refused to surrender when they were asked to but instead advanced at the officers.

Parents of the arrested youth, however, maintained that the arrested youth are innocent.” They are in school and they are not criminals” one parent told KTN News.

“Mungu nisaidie mimi (Help me God),” Fatuma Ali, a mother to one of the arrested told KTN  while sobbing.

Mombasa residents Protesting in August 2012

Human Rights Lobby groups came out to condemn the killings. They have accused the Police of killing suspects instead of conducting proper investigations.

“Police have taken advantage of the public outcry over criminal gangs and are resorting to killing suspects instead of investigating and charging them in court,” Haki Africa Director Hussein Khalid explained in a statement on Saturday, Novmber 16.

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