Victor Muteti, husband to Maureen Nduku, who succumbed to bullet injuries after being shot in Gikomba by police attached to Shauri Moyo Police Station. [Kanyiri Wahito, Standard]
A 44-year-old woman died at Kenyatta National Hospital early Friday after succumbing to a gunshot wound she sustained during a police operation earlier in the week.
The Monday shooting at the Gikomba Market claimed the life of Maureen Nduku Nzwile, while left 16-year-old Abdallah Lihani is still fighting for her life at the same hospital.
According to eyewitnesses, officers attached to Shauri Moyo Police Station were responding to a distress call about suspected phone snatchers.
It is reported a bullet from one of the officers discharged and hit Nduku on the back and exited on her abdomen then landed on Lihani’s thigh.
The two were rushed to Kenyatta National Hospital, where Nduku succumbed, but her family now claim there is an alleged cover-up after some officers visited her and apologised.
But what remains a mystery is that the bullet that has now taken Nduku’s life is missing. They claim an unidentified man who was in black suits and a face mask visited the hospital and took the ammunition.