Pakistan brings home body of journalist killed in Kenya

Published October 25, 2022 12:35 AM

By MUNIR AHMED
Associated Press

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A plane carrying the body of an outspoken Pakistani journalist who was killed by police while living in hiding in Kenya has touched down at an airport in Islamabad. Arshad Sharif was killed Sunday night when the car he was in sped up and drove through a checkpoint outside Nairobi and police opened fire. Pakistan’s journalist community has demanded a wider probe. Kenyan police have expressed regret over the incident, saying it was a case of “mistaken identity” during a search for a similar car involved in a case of child abduction. The 50-year-old journalist fled Pakistan in August amid threats to his life.

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