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Police officer shoots two Boda Boda riders in Thika, mob torch car

Police officers pass near a wreckage of vehicle burned by mob at Makongeni, Thika on September 7, 2025. [Gitau Wanyoike, Standard]

Tension gripped Makongeni, Thika Town, on Sunday morning after a police officer shot and killed two boda boda riders in a confrontation following a road accident near Makongeni Police Station.

According to witnesses, the officer, who is attached to the local station, knocked down a rider and his pillion passenger in what police later described as a "non-injury accident."

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