Bartamaha (Nairobi):-A Somali teenager was killed outside a shop on Sweet Home Farm near Nyanga on Monday.
Omar Haji Mohamud, 19, who was staying with friends and helping at the Madiba Shop, a spaza shop, was killed at about 7am.
Nyanga police Captain Ntomboxolo Sitshitshi said Mohamud had been confronted by two people who demanded that he open the security gate to the shop. “While he was searching for the key, the suspects fired a shot at him through the gate, fatally wounding him in the face.”
The two ran away.
Mahad Omar Abdi, a mediator for the Somali Crisis Group based in Bellville, said the shooters took nothing.
Community leader Sithembele Forest Ndathane said residents had been working with police since rumours of xenophobic violence started.
Anybody with information can call the Nyanga police station at 021 380 3320/3376 or Crime Stop at 08600 10111.
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Source:- Independent
