Kenyan police have shot an apparent bystander at close range during the latest protests over the killing of a blogger in police custody this month, triggering even more public fury and demands for accountability.
According to witness accounts, a police officer who had concealed his face shot the unarmed man in the head on Tuesday with what appeared to be a shotgun.
The man was believed to be a vendor caught up in a confrontation with two officers while standing on a Nairobi sidewalk. He was being treated at Kenya’s largest referral government hospital, which said through a spokesperson…