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Mohammed Omar at his Kenyatta National Hospital bed where he is recovering from a shooting. [PHOTO: TABITHA KIMUNA OTWORI/STANDARD]
LAMU COUNTY: A family from Kiwayu in Lamu County is demanding justice for their son Mohammed Omar, 27, after he was allegedly shot by a police officer on patrol. The family wants the officer apprehended.
“I was on my way home from work and just a few metres from my house I met two officers. I tried to I identify myself but one of them shot me,” Mohammed said of the June 19 incident.
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