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Kenyan Vendor Dies After Police Shooting During Protests

Human rights organizations have renewed calls for police reform following the fatal shooting.

ADDS NAME: EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - A Kenyan policeman, center, shoots vendor Boniface Kariuki, left, during a protest in Nairobi, Kenya, Tuesday, June 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
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Overview

  • Boniface Kariuki died Monday at Nairobi’s national referral hospital, one day after doctors declared him brain-dead from a head wound inflicted by police during a June 17 protest.
  • Two officers were arrested in connection with Kariuki’s shooting, and six people—including three police officers—face murder charges over the custody death of blogger Albert Ojwang.
  • Interior Minister Kipchumba Murkomen issued a controversial order directing police to use deadly force against protesters who approached police stations.
  • Rights groups such as Amnesty International and the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights are demanding transparency and an end to illegal detentions and torture by security forces.
  • Gen Z activists and digital campaigns have sustained nationwide demonstrations against systemic police brutality since Ojwang’s death in custody.