A family in Kibera Nairobi is fighting for justice for their son who was killed by mob for a crime he apparently did not commit.
Abbass Mohammed was attacked with a machete by a boda boda rider from Silanga in a grudge which is said to have been going on since last year.
According to residents account, “The boda boda rider called out on residents shouting that he was a thief and that was when the mob justice came and lynched and left him for dead.”
This comes after the Nubian rights forum and its council of elders issued complaints on extrajudicial killings and harassment from the republic.
Nubian council of elders Chairman Abdul Faraj denied reports issued by the police that he was a thief.
In his account he said, “Mohammed was a role model to young people. I am not here to cover up for wrong doing. It is regrettable that a police boss of this area saying that the boy was killed in a robbery mission.”
Mohammed succumbed to deep cuts at the back of his head and excessive bleeding in Kenyatta National Hospital.
Mohammed is survived by his brother, Ali Mohammed, a student at Zetech University, Ruiru and parents.