Saturday, 29 October 2016

Guard Shoots Man Dead Outside US Embassy In Kenya After Being Stabbed


Story out of Wajir, Kenya:

A man was shot dead after stabbing a policeman guarding the perimeter wall of the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi and trying to take his gun, a Kenyan police official said Thursday.

The policeman who had been stabbed opened fire in self-defence and killed the attacker, said Vitalis Otieno, the officer in charge of the Gigiri area that hosts several embassies and the UN's African headquarters.

"He fired first and shot the person and the person died on the spot," Otieno said.

The identity of the attacker, a Kenyan from the volatile region of Wajir near Somalia, is known to police, Otieno said.

Wajir county has been cited by Kenyan authorities as a hot spot for recruitment by the Islamic extremist group al-Shabab from neighbouring Somalia. Cont.

Story from - CBC News

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