Traders within the Central Business District have raised concern over how two plain clothes police shot in the air while pursuing a Boda boda rider.
Onlookers said that the police officers allegedly shot in the air after an altercation with the bodaboda rider who was trying to to explain himself to them.
the traders who were caught off guard by the shots were heard screaming as they run to save their lives.
Kenyans online have reacted to the video saying that the police man was irresponsible for shooting in the air in the crowded area.
Here is the video:
This comes days after a female police officer in Migori County shot dead a form two student on Tuesday evening at Onger market in Nyatike Sub County.
Reports indicate that the student, Devis Lango Okumu, was hit by a stray bullet while he was strolling in the market.
Eyewitnesses revealed that the Akala Secondary School student was shot by the officer who was among security officers who were controlling a mob that wanted to lynch a woman accused of pick-pocketing a trader at the market.
The deceased’s uncle, Odira Okumu noted that his nephew was shot in the abdomen.
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