{"id":7518,"date":"2026-01-06T16:23:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T16:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/7518\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T16:23:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T16:23:16","slug":"ipoa-probes-fatal-shooting-of-14-year-old-in-kisauni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/7518\/","title":{"rendered":"IPOA probes fatal shooting of 14-year-old in Kisauni"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/iq8asQUSOdiTb4HJ53HO9WER1SO1L3NV8VrSxF2u.jpg\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"card-text\">IPOA launches probe into fatal shooting of 14-year-old in Kisauni. [File, Standard]&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"card-text\">The Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) says investigations into the fatal shooting of a 14-year-old boy in Kisauni, Mombasa County, are ongoing.&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"card-text\">The teenager, identified as Dennis Ringa Swaleh, was shot on New Year\u2019s Eve at the Utange\u2013Swale Nguru Shopping Centre.<\/p>\n<p class=\"card-text\">In a statement issued on Tuesday, January 6, IPOA Chairperson Ahmed Issack Hassan said the agency launched investigations on January 2 and has so far interviewed key witnesses, including police officers and members of the public, with their statements recorded.<\/p>\n<p>                                <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029Va0PRAYGk1Fo4ODHAg0b\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Follow The Standard<br \/>\n                                    channel<br \/>\n                                    on WhatsApp<\/a><br \/>\n                                <\/p>\n<p class=\"card-text\">The authority noted that the evidence from the scene, as well as relevant police documents, has been obtained and preserved.<\/p>\n<p class=\"card-text\">More witnesses are also expected to be interviewed, and the evidence collected will be submitted for ballistic examination.\n        <\/p>\n<p class=\"card-text\">Once investigations are concluded, Hassan says it will forward the inquiry file to the Director of Public Prosecutions with recommendations on the culpability of the officers involved.&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"card-text\">\u201cAfter the investigation is completed, the Authority will forward the investigation file to the Director of Public Prosecutions with necessary recommendations,\u201d said Hassan.<\/p>\n<p>                                <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029Va0PRAYGk1Fo4ODHAg0b\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Follow The Standard<br \/>\n                                    channel<br \/>\n                                    on WhatsApp<\/a><br \/>\n                                <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; IPOA launches probe into fatal shooting of 14-year-old in Kisauni. [File, Standard]&#13; &#13; The Independent Policing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7519,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[1363,5311,80,1180],"class_list":{"0":"post-7518","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-kenya","8":"tag-crime","9":"tag-independent-policing-oversight-authority-ipoakisauni-shooting","10":"tag-kenya","11":"tag-murder"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7518\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}