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Prominent Pakistani Journalist Gunned Down By Police

October 24 2022

Kenya

Kenyan police shot and killed a prominent Pakistani journalist in what they said was a case of “mistaken identity,” reports the BBC News.

According to an initial police report, on Sunday, Arshad Sharif was traveling in a car that police wrongly believed to have been stolen. Officers opened fire when the vehicle failed to stop at a roadblock in Kajiado county near Nairobi, the Kenyan capital.

Sharif, a well-known journalist in Pakistan who was critical of the military and a strong...

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