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Eastleigh family’s anguish after police killed son who was being mugged

Michael Nyayo Mbaluka who was killed by police in mistaken identity

Nairobi County: A family is mourning after their son who was being mugged was shot dead by police in a mistaken identity incident in Nairobi’s Eastleigh area.

Michael Nyayo Mbaluka, 27, was shot once in the chest as he approached police officers who were on patrol after he had been mugged by two men along Third Street on Saturday morning.

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