A student at the University of Leeds in England was gunned down at Line Saba estate in Kibra, Nairobi county, in what police claim he was part of a group of thugs who were terrorizing area residents.
Carilton David Maina, 23, met his untimely death while on his way back home after watching a football match at a nearby movie shop.
Facebook user Collins Onyango said Carilton had scored an A(plain) from Maseno School which saw him get a scholarship through Brookhouse to pursue his dreams in the UK being a lover of football and a player.
The brilliant man was pursuing a course in electronic and communication engineering at the University of Leeds.
” Carliton had just come for the December holidays then go back to UK in January. If not for his life being ended by a bullet from a rogue police. Carilton had just come from watching a football match at the nearest movie shop, being a fanatic football fan and as a matter of fact a goalkeeper for his local side Fc Interdjinamory from Kenyatta Hospital Estate,” said Onyango.
Kilimani police boss Michael Muchiri dismissed the reports saying the victim was among a group of thugs who had been terrorising the residents.
” The police received a call from the members of the public who said that they were being mugged by a group of youths. It is then that the police acted and shot one on the spot,” said Muchiri.
Muchiri further said police recovered a homemade gun and a knife at the scene of crime. The area residents have now launched a campaign to seek for justice for the slain student.
The area residents have now launched a campaign to seek for justice for the slain student.