Cops who shot protesters in Siaya now transferred

Anti-riot police along Kenyatta Avenue in Kisumu town during the anti-IEBC protests. PHOTO/JUSTUS OCHIENG
Anti-riot police along Kenyatta Avenue in Kisumu town during the anti-IEBC protests. PHOTO/JUSTUS OCHIENG

Police officers who shot protesters dead in Siaya during Monday’s demonstration have been transferred. Sources say they were moved after residents and relatives of the deceased threatened to take revenge.

Siaya police commander Beatrice Gachagwa said police used live bullets after they ran out of blank bullets and teargas.

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