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Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif shot dead in Kenya, police say he failed to stop at a roadblock

Investigative Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif. [Picture, Facebook]

Police headquarters in Nairobi are this morning expected to issue a public statement following the fatal police shooting of a senior Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif on Magadi-Nairobi highway in Kajiado County.

Sharif, an award-winning journalist was felled on the night of Sunday, October 23, under unclear circumstances in what police say was a case of mistaken identity after the vehicle he was in failed to stop at a roadblock mounted in the area.

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