This archive report was first published on 3 January 2020.
On New Year's Eve, a shocking incident occurred in Dabaso, Kilifi North Sub County, Kilifi County, where a 27-year-old man, Omar Salim Unda, was shot and killed.
According to eyewitnesses, Unda was driving home from Timboni trading centre at around 7.00 pm when he was cornered by occupants of two vehicles at a junction. The witnesses claimed that the man may have been killed by police officers, although Malindi Sub County Police Commander Vitalis Otieno was not immediately available to comment on the incident.
Unda's father, Salim Unda, revealed that he had taken lunch with his son at home earlier that day, but later that evening, Salim received a phone call from Timboni and drove off. The senior Unda said he later heard that a man had been killed and when he went to the scene, he recognized the body as that of his son.
Unda's family had been subjected to three-year's of constant police raids following the disappearance of his son, and believed that the killers were police officers. Kilifi Member of Parliament Owen Baya condemned the man's killing and asked police to own up if they were involved.
Police officers later arrived and took the body to Malindi Sub County Hospital while the vehicle was driven to Malindi Police Station. The incident has left area residents in shock, with many questioning the circumstances surrounding the killing.
