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Officers deny witnessing Rashid shoot two youths

Pangani Police Station, Nairobi. [File,Standard]

Five police officers who once served alongside former Pangani officer Ahmed Rashid, accused of killing two youths in Eastleigh in 2017, testified at the Kibera Law Courts yesterday.

The officers told Judge Diana Kavedza that as members of the Special Police Unit for Intelligence and Vigilance (SPIV) - an undercover squad tasked with infiltrating and dismantling criminal gangs - they did not witness Rashid, who is facing murder charges, shoot the two young men alleged to have been linked to crime in the area.

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