Two Kenyan police officers will be charged with murderer after investigations by the country’s police watchdog, the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) said in a statement.
According to IPOA Duncan Ndiema Ndiwa is accused of shooting and killing a 13-year-old boy Yassin Hussein Moyo who was on the balcony of his home in a suburb of the capital, Nairobi.
The incident took place while the police were enforcing a curfew order in place to contain the spread of the coronavirus.
Lotugh Angorita killed a teacher, Colleta Amondi Ouda, while responding to a report of a burglary in Siaya county, western Kenya.
The IPOA also named four other police officers who will be charged over an assault on a man in Garissa, in the east of the country.
On Wednesday, the IPOA said 15 people have been killed by police and 31 injured since coronavirus measures were placed on March 25.
The watchdog body said it had received 87 complaints fro.m the public, including assault resulting in serious injuries, robbery, inhuman treatment, and sexual assault
