Africa-Press – Kenya. Javeria Siddique, the wife of slain Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif now says Kenyan authorities are responsible for her husband’s death.
In a tweet on Tuesday, Siddique said her husband was returning home in a coffin, adding that journalism was not a crime.
My husband @arsched coming back to home in coffin.
Authorities in Kenya are answerable to us.#JournalismIsNotACrime pic.twitter.com/aDXdG16EhR
On Monday, Siddique asked Twitter to pull down images of her husband.
Through her Twitter handle, she also appealed for privacy as the family mourns her husband’s death.
“Please @Twitter remove the last pictures of my late husband @arsched from your social media site. Politicians and media are not welcomed with cameras inside our house,” Javeria said.
The investigative journalist was shot dead on Sunday night along the Nairobi-Magadi highway, in what police termed as a mistaken identity.
Arshad Sharif was shot in the head and killed by police after he and his driver allegedly breached a roadblock that had been set up to check on motor vehicles using the route.
According to police, at the roadblock, there was a call for police to intercept a car similar to the one they were driving following a carjacking incident in the Pangani area, Nairobi where a child was taken hostage.
And a few minutes later, Sharif’s car emerged at the roadblock and they were stopped and asked to identify themselves.
They allegedly failed to stop and drove past the roadblock.
This prompted a brief chase and shooting that left Sharif dead. Their car rolled and his driver was injured and taken to hospital.
He later told police he and his slain colleague were developers and were headed for a site in Magadi.
“The National Police Service regrets this unfortunate incident. Competent authorities are currently investigating the incident for appropriate action,” a police statement said.
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