Police officer shot and injured by colleagues in South B in unclear circumstances

A police officer was shot and seriously injured by his colleagues in South B, Nairobi, on Tuesday in unclear circumstances.

Constable David Chomba Mariga, who was attached to the Anti-Mugging Squad, was shot in the neck on Tuesday afternoon.

The shooting happened after the public allegedly reported the officer was harassing them in the Sana Sana area of South B.

The Industrial Area police commander, Chief Inspector Amos Shamalla, said that after receiving information on the alleged harassment, he sent officers to the scene.

The officers are said to have ordered Mr Mariga to surrender but he instead shot at them three times. Other eyewitnesses have, however, claimed that there was no confrontation at all.

They shot him in the neck and later disarmed him of his Ceska pistol, serial number F3105, loaded with 10 rounds of ammunition. He was also found in possession of his Certificate of Appointment (CoA).

The injured officer had left his place of work in the city centre to visit his sister in Industrial Area when the incident occurred. He was admitted to Mater Hospital in a stable condition.