Teen killed in Majengo police operation was a suspected bhang peddler: NPS » Capital News

NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 5 – A 17-year-old boy who died from a gunshot wound following a police operation in Majengo was a suspected bhang peddler, the National Police Service (NPS) has said.

According to NPS police spokesperson Michael Nyaga, the teenager was being pursued by undercover officers on Monday evening when he was fatally injured in a confrontation between police and local youth.

The incident began when two plainclothes officers at Majengo’s Gorofani area attempted to arrest a young man believed to be carrying a bag of cannabis.

However, their efforts were met with resistance as a group of youths intervened, attacking the officers with stones and crude weapons.

“The two officers were injured as result of being pelted with stones and crude weapons. They shot in the air as they tried to free themselves,” Nyaga stated.

“A young man was shot in the melee and taken to hospital with a gunshot wound.”

At around 3:15am on Tuesday, the injured suspect succumbed to his wounds while receiving treatment.

His death sparked violent protests in the area, with angry youth barricading roads in Shauri Moyo and Majengo.

Authorities confirmed that three makeshift houses belonging to Kamukunji Administration Police officers were torched during the protests, along with a government vehicle assigned to Shauri Moyo Police Station.

In a separate incident, police discovered the body of another individual with a stab wound in a dark alley within Shauri Moyo on Tuesday morning.

While the situation in the area remains tense, police say calm has largely been restored.

Investigations into both deaths and the destruction of property are ongoing.