Insecurity rocks Machakos
Student shot in running battles with Police
By DANIEL NZIA
Chief Anchor Correspondent
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| Police officers on a Machakos Street today |
A Machakos University student is fighting for his life at the Machakos Level 5 hospital after he was reportedly shot by police. The second year student was shot in the stomach as a section of the students engaged the police in running battles for several hours. The students are protesting spiralling insecurity in the town with unconfirmed reports claiming that a police officer may involved in the mugging of the student community.
The student shot at around noon about a kilometer away from the institution as the police tried to drive them from where they had barricaded the Machakos- Wote road.
The injured student was first rushed to a dispensary at the Approved school as his colleagues sought help to take him to the referral hospital. The bullet entered in the stomach and exited at the back.
"We have just received the patient and we can't really say much about his condition. We might have to take him to the theater ",a senior nurse leading the team handling the patient said.
Machakos OCPD Moss Ndiwa visited the student and termed the shooting incident regrettable. The students have been complaining about insecurity in and around the university in which a number of them have been mugged and robbed.
The situation worsened after a student succumbed to injuries he received in a recent attack by suspected thugs. Business around the university and Machakos town came to a standstill as traders hurriedly closed down their businesses, among them a supermarket, for fear of a possible looting.
The students matched along the busy Machakos - Wote road chanting "haki yetu" as they barricaded the road with stones. They attempted to find their way into the town but the few who managed were driven away by the police who lobbed teargas canisters at them forcing people to scamper for safety.
