This archive report was first published on 10 May 2020.
On Friday, May 8, 2020, a 35-year-old Tanzanian fisherman, Mustapha Ismael, lost his life in Lake Victoria after attempting to escape police arrest at Sare Beach in Suba South constituency.
According to Julius Odhiambo, the owner of the boat operated by the deceased, police officers stormed into the fisherman's house near Sare Beach at around 7:30 pm, threatening to arrest him for being outside past the curfew hours.
“The deceased was trying to escape the police who had threatened to arrest him for being out past 7 pm and because of fear he ran towards the beach, jumped into the lake and died,” Odhiambo said.
Confirming the incident, William Onditi, the chairman of the beach, stated that the body of the deceased had been retrieved and taken to Suba South Sub-county hospital for a post-mortem.
Suba South Sub-county Police Commander Anthony Njeru assured that investigations were underway to determine the circumstances surrounding the incident.
