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Doctors in Mombasa remove bullet from boy shot in the chest as police fought gang
Haki Africa's Francis Auma (left), 8-year-old Rajab Mohamed and his mother Ms Khadija Swaleh at the Coast Provincial General Hospital after the boy was shot in the chest during a police raid on a gang’s hideout on May 5, 2016. Doctors removed the bullet on May 11, 2016 in a three-hour operation. PHOTO | WACHIRA MWANGI | NATION MEDIA GROUP
What you need to know:
- Ms Swaleh accused the police of being reckless and demanded justice for her son.
- She said despite the operation having been successful, her son was still in pain and she was required to buy medicine for him.
- Mombasa County Commissioner Evans Achoki said Ipoa had taken up the matter and was carrying out its own investigations.
- Haki Africa's Francis Auma claimed police have been intimidating Rajab’s mother.
Doctors at the Coast General Hospital on Tuesday removed a bullet lodged in the chest of an eight-year-old boy who was shot when police battled youth in Kisauni last Thursday.
Rajab Mohamed, a pupil at Kengeleni Primary School, was caught in the cross-fire when police raided Magodoroni in Soko Mjinga, which is said to be a den for criminals.
The operation to remove the bullet from Mohamed’s chest lasted for three hours.
Mr Kitsao Katana, a 29-year-old matatu conductor, who was also shot in the early morning incident and had his private parts seriously injured, was set for corrective surgery later Wednesday.
Mohamed’s mother, Ms Khadija Swaleh, said despite the operation having been successful, her son was still in pain and she was required to buy medicine for him.
DISTRESSED
“I am just confused because I do not have a way of getting that money,” said the distressed mother of three.
“I am worried I might lose my son.”
Ms Swaleh accused the police of being reckless and demanded justice for her son.
Mombasa County Commissioner Evans Achoki, however, told journalists at a press briefing that the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (Ipoa) had taken up the matter and was carrying out its own investigations.
But Francis Auma of human right group Haki Africa, claimed police have been intimidating Rajab’s mother.
“The mother has been complaining that police are intimidating her.
"Some officer had gone to the hospital and told the mother that the boy was cut by a knife yet we know it’s a bullet.
"We are asking police to respect their oversight authority,” said Mr Auma.
