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Arshad Sharif killing: Prominent Pakistani journalist shot dead in Kenya

gyalchi · 1 min read

BBC News:

An investigation has begun in Kenya after well-known Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif was shot dead by police at a roadblock on Sunday.

He was “fatally wounded” while he was a passenger in a moving vehicle after it failed to stop, according to a police statement.

Mr Sharif was a critic of Pakistan’s military as well as a vocal supporter of ousted Prime Minister Imran Khan.

The 49-year-old had left Pakistan in August after complaining of harassment.

He had previously been in the UK and Dubai before travelling to Kenya. It is not known exactly what he was doing in the East African country.

Journalists in the Pakistani city of Karachi held a street protest over his killing on Monday.

Kenya’s police watchdog – the Independent Police Oversight Authority (Ipoa) – said it had sent its rapid response team to the site of Sunday evening’s shooting in Kajiado county near the capital, Nairobi.

The team will be investigating the “alleged police killing of a Pakistani national”, Ipoa chairperson Ann Makori told journalists.

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