49-year- an old investigative journalist was killed when he car was shot in that the police called the case of “wrong identity”.
Kenyan police expressed regret over killing Pakistani investigative journalist Arshad Sharif says it was a case of “misidentification” during a search for similar car involved in child abduction case.
According to local media reports, 49-year- the old journalist was killed on Sunday evening when car he traveled in after that he was shot at by the police failed stop at a checkpoint outside the capital of Kenya is Nairobi. He was accompanied by another Pakistani, Khurram Ahmed, who was injured in Incident.
Sharif was critical of Pakistan powerful military who ruled the country for more how half of 75 years of independence. He left his country in August after sedition charges were filed over Interview with opposition politician during which comments were considered offensive to military we made.
ARI news channel for where he worked as an anchor for eight years severed ties with Sharif after being briefly taken away off air in August after the scandalous interview of Shahbaz Gill, closest assistant of former Prime Minister Imran Khan.
killing stunned journalists in Pakistan, who demanded a detailed investigation of the incident.
Katherine Soy of Al Jazeera reporting from Nairobi said it would be interesting to see more Details on police findings, as such cases are rare made public.
“The police say that the police were chasing another vehicle … No, it’s not clear how police messed up license plates of these two machines are completely different,” Soi said.
Body returned to Pakistan
Sharif body arrived in capital Islamabad, on Tuesday.
This was announced on Monday by Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. who has nothing to do with the murdered journalist, said with Kenyan President William Ruto on what happened.
Pakistani diplomats arrived at Nairobi airport when the plane with Sharif remains took off.
Sharif family said that his funeral would take place in Islamabad on Thursday.
His whereabouts were not known to the general public, and most of his relatives and friends only knew that he spent time in Dubai in United Arab Emirates and London, England.
