A video has emerged showing Journalist Catherine Wanjeri Kariuki helping a police officer deal with the effects of tear gas moments before she was shot and injured. In a video seen by the Star, Kariuki was captured wearing a press jacket while giving a police officer some Colgate to apply on her face. Kariuki, a Radio/TV reporter with Media Max was shot three times in the thigh while covering protests in Nakuru on Tuesday. "The shooting of Catherine Wanjeri Kariuki, a journalist attached to Kameme TV, while in the company of other journalists and the police is shameful and terrifying," he said. The Kenya Editors' Guild also condemned what they termed as the continued, targeted, and brazen attacks on journalists covering protests.

Source: The Star July 18, 2024 12:06 UTC