Journalist Hamid Mir claimed on Saturday that slain journalist Arshad Sharif had been shot dead after being dragged from the vehicle he was travelling in, according to a close friend of the latter.
The Capital Talk host said a close friend of Sharif had told him that an unarmed Arshad had been dragged from the vehicle he was seated in and shot at point-blank range. Quoting Sharif’s close friend, Mir said the slain journalist’s body was carried back to the vehicle. There, Mir said according to Sharif’s friend, a seat belt had been fastened on the body of the deceased. Photos were then clicked and it was asserted that Sharif had been killed by Kenya police.
Sharif, a popular journalist, was killed in Kenya on Sunday. Local police billed Arshad’s killing a case of ‘mistaken identity’ while social media was rife with accusations. His wife Javeria, separately, reiterated calls for the family’s right to privacy be respected. Kenya media, separately, has not been buying the police version (of events). Kenya police, while earlier claiming the journalist was attacked after the vehicle he was travelling in failed to stop at a picket on Tuesday tweaked the version presented earlier. The force, in its latest stance, said Arshad had been killed in an exchange of fire.
ارشد شریف کے ایک قریبی دوست نے بتایا ہے کہ اسکی اطلاع کے مطابق نہتے ارشد شریف کو گاڑی سے نکال کر نزدیک سے گولیاں ماری گئیں اور بعد میں اسے گاڑی کی نشست پر بٹھا کر سیٹ بیلٹ باندھی گئی پھر تصویر بنا کر کہا گیا کہ پولیس نے فائرنگ کر دی https://t.co/VBOnOAWkMW
— Hamid Mir (@HamidMirPAK) October 29, 2022
