Rogo shooting scene ‘had 16 cartridges’
What you need to know:
- “There was an old man whom we learnt was his father-in-law holding him. The deceased’s wife was in the back seat,” said Mr Kigen.
- Chief Inspector Alex Mwandawiro, a firearms examiner, told the court that on September 7, 2012, the police laboratory received 16 spent cartridges.
- Prosecuting counsel Lydia Kagori applied to have the inquest adjourned, saying an officer who had been bonded to testify had gone for training and that two doctors had not appeared in court.
Sixteen empty cartridges were recovered at the scene where radical Muslim preacher Sheikh Aboud Rogo was shot dead, an inquest into his death heard on Thursday.
Former Kisauni Divisional Criminal Investigation Officer (DCIO) Benedict Kigen said when police arrived at the scene following the August 27, 2012, shooting, they found Mr Rogo lying on the driver’s seat.
“There was an old man whom we learnt was his father-in-law holding him. The deceased’s wife was in the back seat,” said Mr Kigen.
The officer, currently stationed in Voi, was testifying before Mombasa Chief Magistrate Maxwell Gicheru, who is presiding over the inquest into Mr Rogo’s death.
Mr Kigen said a group of youths at the scene refused to have the deceased photographed and that a post-mortem examination was not conducted on the body.
FIRED FROM ONE GUN
The officer said he was alerted of the shooting through police radio calls and arrived at the scene to find some of his colleagues already there. He further said officers took the vehicle in which the deceased died to Bamburi police station where it was photographed.
A team of CID officers was later sent from Nairobi to investigate the shooting, he added.
Chief Inspector Alex Mwandawiro, a firearms examiner, told the court that on September 7, 2012, the police laboratory received 16 spent cartridges.
“I examined the exhibits and they all revealed markings consistent with an AK-47 rifle, and that they were fired from one gun,” said Mr Mwandawiro.
Prosecuting counsel Lydia Kagori applied to have the inquest adjourned, saying an officer who had been bonded to testify had gone for training and that two doctors had not appeared in court.
The court allowed the application for adjournment and issued summonses to six witnesses still waiting to testify at the inquest.
Hearing resumes on May 7.
