According to a senior journalist, Arshad Sharif was shot at close range; it was "not an identity mistake, but a deliberate murder."
A private TV channel reported on Wednesday night that the murdered journalist Arshad Sharif was subjected to hours of gruesome torture before being shot.
As well as asserting that Sharif was shot at close range and that this was not a case of mistaken identity but rather a "planned murder," the journalist who was hosting the programe made similar claims.
He added that the murdered journalist was tortured to the point of having his fingers and ribs shattered as well as having his fingernails taken out.
The senior journalist also mentioned on his programe that on the day of Sharif's assassination, there were "about 10 American instructors and trainers" present at the shooting range. The show's host claimed that on the day of the murder, October 23, Khurram, Sharif's contact in Kenya, opted to bypass the frequently utilized Magadi Highway route in favor of a lengthier route back to the city.
Furthermore, according to the private TV show, the Kenyan authorities withheld information on the people present at the shooting range and did not participate with the inquiry.
On October 23, Sharif was fatally shot in the neighborhood around Nairobi, Kenya. His death shocked the rights community, the media community, and civil society, and it sparked demands for a full inquiry and the release of information.
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Rana Sanaullah and Kenya's interior minister, had earlier stated that evidence suggested Sharif was the victim of a targeted killing rather than an unintentional shooting, though he still needed more details on the occurrence.
Bruno Shioso, a spokesman for the Kenyan police, failed to respond to the minister's remarks regarding the death of the TV journalist.
According to a police report issued a day after the incident, police officers on the lookout for auto thieves opened fire on the vehicle Sharif was riding in as it sped past their roadblock without halting.
Shioso claimed that the police watchdog, the state, was now looking into the situation.
According to a police report issued a day after the incident, police officers on the lookout for auto thieves opened fire on the vehicle Sharif was riding in as it sped past their roadblock without halting.
Shioso claimed that the police watchdog, the state, was now looking into the situation.
Calls and a message seeking comment were not immediately returned by an IPOA spokeswoman.
The country was in uproar as the administration established an inquiry panel to look into the situation. Although the team had returned from Kenya, the minister claimed that Kenyan authorities had not yet allowed Pakistani investigators access to all of Sharif's recovered property.
The country was in uproar as the administration established an inquiry panel to look into the situation. Although the team had returned from Kenya, the minister claimed that Kenyan authorities had not yet allowed Pakistani investigators access to all of Sharif's recovered property.
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