Man shot dead outside the US embassy in Nairobi

Gigiri OCPD Vitalis Otieno confirms that one of the GSU officers was stabbed and wounded on the head and hand before he shot the assailant dead. PHOTO: COURTESY

A man was shot dead outside the US embassy in Gigiri after he tried to stab a GSU officer manning one of the gates.

PoliceThursday said the man, claimed to be in his early 20s, had run directly at the officer with a knife in hand and without engaging the policeman, went for his head.