Teen nursing gunshot wound in Kahawa West after shooting
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Police in Nairobi launched investigations into an alleged shooting incident in the Kahawa West area after a 19-year-old woman was found with a gunshot wound.
It is believed she was shot during the anti-fuel prices protests in the area on Monday and Tuesday. The area was among the heavily affected places by the protests.
According to the police, the incident was reported on Tuesday evening at around 6.02pm by the mother of the victim.
The mother told police that on May 18 at around 11.40am, she received a phone call from her neighbour, who is a salonist who had been plaiting her daughter’s hair at the time.
Wambui reportedly informed her that the daughter had suddenly sustained an injury on the right side of her chest and was bleeding.
She rushed there and confirmed the injury before immediately taking her daughter to the Kenyatta University Teaching, Referral and Research Hospital for treatment.
Medical examination later confirmed that the injury was caused by a gunshot.
Police officers from Kahawa West Police Station visited the victim at the hospital and established that she was in stable condition and responding to treatment.
The officers later visited the alleged scene of the incident as investigations continue to determine the circumstances under which the teenager was shot.
Police and human rights activists say at least 12 people were killed during the chaos. This happened in separate places during the anti-fuel prices protests.
The victims were killed in Nairobi, Kakamega, Kiambu, Nakuru, Naivasha and Busia.
Dozens others are nursing wounds in hospitals. Police said at least a dozen vehicles were burnt in the chaos while others were stoned and damaged.
There are fears of more protests over the fuel costs amid efforts to solve the standoff.
Human rights activists and families of the affected have demanded justice after it emerged the majority of the victims had been shot by police.
Police said some of the victims were engaged in criminal activities including looting forcing them to act.
Many investors are still nursing loses after the protests.