Leaders, civil society demand justice for boy killed by police in Mombasa County

Mombasa Governor Hassan Joho (second left) and Changamwe MP Omar Mwinyi (right) help carry the body of Harvad High School student Tony Katana outside Coast Provincial General Hospital mortuary in Mombasa yesterday.Coast leaders and civil society have demanded a transparent investigation into the killing of the 16-year-old student by a policeman. (PHOTO: OMONDI ONYANGO/ STANDARD)

Coast leaders and civil society have demanded a transparent investigation into the killing of a 16-year-old student by a policeman. They accused the police of covering up the murder.

Tony Katana, a student at Harvard Secondary School in Nyali, Mombasa County was shot dead on August 12 in mysterious circumstances.