Maseno University student shot dead during Azimio protests in Kisumu

A Third Year student from Maseno University was on Monday shot dead by police during the nationwide anti-government protests by the Azimio coalition in Kisumu's Maseno area.

According to a police report on the incident, the deceased; William Mayange, was among a group of students who had joined the Azimio protests which later turned violent after the protesters invaded a supermarket in Maseno town.

Police say the students overpowered the security officers who had run out of teargas canisters.

As a result, police say the student was shot in the neck after the officers started firing live bullets to repulse the intruders who had allegedly invaded the supermarket.

Six police officers were also injured during the skirmishes where the students had also lit bonfires and barricaded the Kisumu-Busia highway before they began hurling stones at police.