Tension gripped Majengo in Shauri Moyo, Nairobi, after a 17-year-old boy was shot dead in cold blood while walking home from Ramadan prayers.
The victim, Ibrahim Ramadhan, a Form Four student at Kamukunji Secondary School, was gunned down on the very street he grew up on-his tragic fate eerily resonating his own name in this sacred Muslim season.
Witnesses claim he was shot in the head by a police officer on Tuesday evening, an incident that has ignited public outrage and renewed debate over police brutality.
Furious residents took to the streets in protest, clashing with police as they demanded justice for the slain teenager. The standoff, which began early Wednesday morning, saw angry youth barricading roads, setting police houses ablaze, and engaging in running battles with law enforcement officers.
