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Police in Kisumu demos died of internal bleeding from tissue injuries

kisumu azimio protests

Police officers fire teargas to disperse protesters who tried to access the city centre during the Azimio coalition's anti-government protests in Kisumu on March 27, 2023.

Photo credit: Ondari Ogega | Nation Media Group

A post-mortem conducted on the police officer who died in Kisumu during a protest called by the opposition had multiple tissue injuries and internal bleeding.

Government Pathologist Dixon Mchana noted that the 41-year-old officer who was stationed at Keroka Police Station in Nyamira County got a fracture on his upper right leg, hand and around the hip.