The Dandora dumpsite. Photo/www.bbc.com
There was chaos in Dandora on Thursday morning after a deaf boy was shot dead by police officers.
The boy is said to have been rummaging through garbage in a lorry.
Youths hurled stones at police officers as they tried to take the body of the 16-year-old boy.
“A police officer from Kinyago Police Station just came and started shouting at him as the other boys looked. He did not respond and immediately, the police shot him twice and he fell on the garbage,” James Wanjiru, a witness is quoted by Nation.
According to Nairobi County Police Commander Japhet Koome, the decased was one of two suspects who had robbed a woman of her purse before escaping into the dumpsite.
“They confronted a woman and robbed her of some items while armed with knives and a pistol. Police who were nearby responded but the boys ran away into the dumpsite and the police followed them and one of them who had a pistol was fatally injured,” he said.
However, residents have rejected Mr Koome’s report that police found a pistol on the boy after the shooting.