[VIDEO] Cops caught on camera killing suspected Eastleigh gang members, Boinnet orders probe
Apr. 01, 2017, 9:00 am
By NANCY AGUTU @nancyagutu
A screen grab
of an alleged plain-clothes police officer shooting a suspected Super Power
IG Joseph
Boinnet has ordered a probe into a viral video depicting the alleged
extrajudicial killing of two suspects gang members in Eastleigh.
Police
spokesperson Charles Owino also said those in the video must be identified for
a probe.
"The
important thing is the person must be identified whether they are policemen or
not," he told the Star on Saturday.
The minute-long
clip that surfaced on Friday shows a person alleged to be a police in
plain clothes apprehending a suspect. The body of another suspect covered in
blood lies in the middle of the road.
Another man in
police uniform holding what looks like an AK-47 rifle is seen dispersing the
crowd.
When the
suspect tries to struggle with the alleged plain clothes officer, he is shot at
close range.
Four more
gunshots are heard as the camera moves away.
When the camera
focuses back on the scene, the man is seen standing over the suspect. He asks a
colleague for a pistol, then shoots the suspect below him. Five gunshots are
heard.
The man,
thought to be a cop, reloads the gun, then shoots the suspect who is still
lying on his stomach.
It is unclear
when the alleged incident happened. But it is said that the dead suspects are
members of the notorious Super Power Gang and were about to commit a robbery.
The gang is
among more than 90 groups outlawed in a gazette notice by Interior CS Joseph
Nkaissery in December last year.
More on this: List of 90 groups outlawed by State
The Independent
Medico-Legal Unit condemened the incident and asked IPOA to probe alleged
police involvement.
"A
uniformed police officer in jungle jacket pushes the crowd back as the
execution happens seeming to indicate that the executioner might be a police
officer," the organisation noted in a statement.
But Nairobi
Police Commander Japheth Koome told the Star on Saturday that the video
"was acted".
"It is not
true it was acted. It is not true, it did not happen. Imepigwa picha
sehemu moja tu (It was only shot in one place). It is not true,"
Koome said.
Koome said the
video acted was meant to discourage him from making sure people are safe in the
country.
"Whether
those people act to discourage me ... I am even more motivated and i have no
regret," Koome said.
Koome said
he will be ruthless to the "criminals" and asked them to surrender
guns.
"I am
ruthless. I do not talk much but I am ruthless ... but one thing everybody
needs to know is that I will deal with the criminals," he said.
"We will
not going to give the criminals any chance ... I am
currently burying a cop killed by a gangster in Meru."
On March 21, Independent
Policing Oversight Authority said Police commanders are to blame for the
pervasive cases of extrajudicial killings in the country.
The police
watchdog said the leaders have failed to take steps to comprehend the strict
provisions of the law regarding use of firearms and lethal force.
Dennis Oketch,
IPOA head of communications, said they are probing cases of enforced
disappearances and other forms of rights abuses by officers.
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