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Witness says man shot dead by police had hands up

A police officer is on trial in the fatal shooting of a man in Mukurweini, Nyeri County. FILE PHOTO | NATION MEDIA GROUP

What you need to know:

  • Mr Kanyi told court that he recorded a statement at Mukurweini police station but police officers forced him to sign without allowing him to read what they had written.

A man fatally shot by a police officer in Mukurweini had raised his hands to surrender, his younger brother told a Nyeri High Court.

Patrick Kanyi told Justice Abigail Mshilla that his brother, Gregory King'ori, was shot by the police officer in the chest in front of his wife and children at midnight.