An elite Kenyan police unit went on trial Tuesday on charges of wrongful death in the killing of an outspoken Pakistani journalist in Nairobi a year ago.
Nairobi police at the time expressed regret over the shooting, saying it was a case of “mistaken identity” during a search for a similar car involved in a child abduction case.police unit went on trial Tuesday on charges of wrongful death in the killing of an outspoken Pakistani journalist in Nairobi a year ago. The case was jointly filed by the journalist's widow and two Kenyan journalists' unions.
A team of Pakistani investigators later said Sharif's killing was a “planned assassination.” His widow, Javeria Siddique, filed the case against the Kenyan police unit, known as the General Service Unit or GSU, that was involved in the shooting. “I am suing the GSU because they committed the crime openly," Siddique said earlier in a phone interview with The Associated Press."For me, it was a targeted assassination because he was living in hiding in Kenya after receiving threats in Pakistan.”
“It has taken us some time to go to court because we thought investigations will be carried out, and the officer who pulled the trigger prosecuted," a statement from the union said. “Nothing so far has happened, so we are justified to go to court.”
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