NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 5 \u2013\u00a0\u200bThe National Police Service says a teenager who died from a gunshot wound following a police operation in the Majengo area of Nairobi was a suspected bhang peddler\u200b.<\/p>\n
Police\u00a0\u200bSpokesperson Michael Nyagah explained that 17-year old Ibrahim Ramadhan Chege was being pursued by undercover officers on Monday evening when he was fatally shot during a confrontation between the police and local youth.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe incident began when two plainclothes officers in Majengo\u2019s Gorofani area attempted to arrest a young man believed to be carrying a bag of cannabis,\u201d Nyagah said.<\/p>\n
However, their efforts were met with resistance as a group of youths intervened, attacking the officers with stones and crude weapons.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe two officers were injured as a result of being pelted with stones and crude weapons. They shot in the air as they tried to free themselves,\u201d Nyagah added.<\/p>\n
\u201cA young man was shot in the melee and taken to the hospital with a gunshot wound,\u201d the police spokesperson stated.<\/p>\n
According to a statement released by Nyagah, the boy succumbed to his injuries around 3:15 a.m. on Tuesday while receiving treatment for the wounds he had sustained.<\/p>\n
His death sparked violent protests in the area, with angry youth barricading roads in Shauri Moyo and Majengo.<\/p>\n
Authorities confirmed that three makeshift houses belonging to Kamukunji Administration Police officers were torched during the protests, along with a government vehicle assigned to the Shauri Moyo Police Station.<\/p>\n
In a separate incident, police discovered the body of another individual with a stab wound in a dark alley in Shauri Moyo on Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n
While the situation in the area remains tense, police say calm has largely been restored.<\/p>\n
Investigations into both deaths and the destruction of property are ongoing.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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