Four TikTokers arrested for shooting prank video in front of Kilifi Police Station

Four people have been arrested for shooting what the authorities are calling a malicious TikTok prank video in front of the Kilifi Police Station.

The four are; Shabir Ali Suleiman (27), Samson Biwott Omungata (17), Caleb Gunga Kahindi (18), and Omar Juma Omar (19).

According to a police statement seen by Citizen Digital, one of the suspects approached a steward who was cleaning and requested for permission to shoot a video inside the police premises but was denied.

He is however said to have gone ahead anyway to shoot a stage-managed prank video alongside his three accomplices.

“One guy pretended to be drunk  and got mugged/robbed by two other guys who were on a motor cycle while another was recording,” read the police report.

The suspects then reportedly went on to share the video on TikTok account @shabir_shirazy003 with the captions ‘Wezi mbele  ya police station’ and ‘Man gets robbed off  near a police station in Kilifi.’

The police now argue that the video tainted the image of the station, adding that they have since obtained a CCTV footage showing the suspects shooting the prank video.