Around 10 American instructors and trainee citizens were present at the Kenya shooting range where slain Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif spent the final day of his life.
Geo quoted a “trusted” Kenya functionary saying Arshad had dined with them and other guests on October 22 and 23 before departing for Nairobi. He was later gunned down.
Pakistani investigators have asked Kenya authorities to provide particulars of the instructors and trainees at the venue in writing. The request, however, does not mention citizenship.
The Kenya functionary said authorities had been working on Pakistan’s request and had also asked Arshad’s host Khurram and brother Waqar Ahmad to present details of everybody present on the shooting range the day of the journalist’s killing and the reason behind their visit.
Sharif, a popular journalist, was killed in Kenya on October 23. 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.
