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Police kill man mistaken for wanted criminal

Thomas Okongo points at the scene where his son Arnold Okongo was killed by police. [Standard]

On Friday morning, Arnold Okongo, 17, went to his favourite food kiosk in Nairobi’s Jericho estate and ordered for tea.

He paid and sat on the wooden bench outside the kiosk to wait for his meal. As soon as he sat, screeching cars swerved towards him and blocked him. Policemen in motorcycles appeared from different directions, surrounding him.

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