Journalist who left Pakistan to avoid arrest shot dead in Kenya

Journalist who left Pakistan to avoid arrest shot dead in Kenya
Senior Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif was killed in Kenya (AP)

A senior Pakistani journalist living in hiding in Kenya was shot and killed by police after the car he was in sped up instead of stopping at a road block near Nairobi, police said.

Kenyan police 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.

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