Investigation Underway After Fatal Shooting In Kahawa Barracks
Police and the military are investigating an incident in which a suspect was shot and killed after reportedly stealing a television and attempting to flee from the Kahawa Barracks in Nairobi.
The suspect was alone and is reported to have entered into a residence in the barracks, stolen a 32-inch television and two six-kilogram gas cylinders, and attempted to flee over a fence there.
Military forces reacted to the screams and fatally shot him. The body had bullet wounds on the forehead and hips. Officials stated the event occurred on Tuesday morning.
The body was sent to the mortuary pending autopsy. The investigation seeks to determine whether the suspect was truly a thief.
A 34 year-old man was fatally shot today morning during an alleged theft incident inside Kahawa Military Barracks in Kasarani Sub-County, Nairobi.
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According to a police report from Kahawa West Police Station, the incident was reported at about 9.30am by the Military Police. pic.twitter.com/k5VTBWZ9no
Armed troops heavily guard military sites and dwellings.
In Mandera’s Soko Mbuzi district, a member of the National Police Reserve shot and killed a man he claimed had committed a crime.
The victim was shot in the thigh and bled to death. The NPR was later detained on questioning regarding murder.
According to police, he has been disarmed pending further processes. Following the event on December 23, 2025, the body was transferred to the mortuary for an autopsy and other procedures.
A man’s body was discovered on the roadside in Modika, Garissa County, following a suspected murder.
The man seemed to have been hit in the neck and head. He had marks of strangulation when the body was discovered.
The motive of the murder was not established. The body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy and other procedures, police said.
And 21 people were arrested during a protest against the death of a man in Garissa Town.
Police said one Ahmed Sheikh Omar was involved in a fatal road accident on December 22, 2025, while reportedly escaping from a team of police who had stopped him.
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However, residents claimed he was killed by police. This prompted a protest along Kismayu Road, where a group blocked the road for a long time by burning logs and tyres.
During the December 23 incident, a government vehicle was hit by a stone and had its windshield damaged.
Police responded by arresting 21 people. An autopsy showed the man died from trauma to the head consistent with an accident.
Police urged locals to desist from such protests out of incitement.
Investigation Underway After Fatal Shooting In Kahawa Barracks
