The Independent Policing Oversight Authority (Ipoa) has opened investigations into an incident in which a suspected carjacker was shot and brutally dragged out of church by police.
“Upon becoming aware of the incident, Ipoa through its own motion and in execution of its mandate this morning took up the matter for investigations and establishment of culpability,” read a statement from Ipoa signed by Head of Communication Dennis Danson Oketch.
The Sunday morning incident at Israel Assemblies of God Church in Kihunguro, Ruiru, shocked the congregation as the police stormed the church and shot the suspect who had taken refuge among members of the congregation.
The suspect momentarily took cover in the church before the police arrived shortly after and killed him.
The man was already bleeding from gunshot wounds having already been shot twice. Despite his state, the police dragged him out and shot him again.
He had allegedly been part of a four-man gang that had terrorised a taxi operator before making away with his car.
It remains to be seen what comes of the investigations and whether the police will be charged for such a cold-blooded assault on a suspect.