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The burial Bridgit Njoki Wainaina, 12, is underway successful Ndumberi, Kiambu County.
She was fatally changeable by a stray constabulary slug portion watching TV wrong her location during the Saba Saba protests connected July 7.
Mother of Bridgit Njoki Recounts Shooting
Bridgit Njoki and her mother, Lucy Ngugi, were safely wrong their mabati (iron sheet) location successful Kiamaiko, Nairobi, watching the Saba Saba quality erstwhile a large bang abruptly rang out.
Lucy noticed humor connected her daughter’s hands, and arsenic she reached retired to her, Bridgit collapsed. That is erstwhile she saw the caput coiled and realized her girl had been shot. The slug had went done the metallic walls of their home, fired arsenic constabulary attempted to disperse protesters outside.
A post-mortem confirmed that Bridgit died from a gunshot wound. The slug was recovered and handed implicit to IPOA, which is present investigating her case.
Bridgit’s assemblage arrived astatine Our Lady of Fatuma Catholic Church connected Tuesday morning, wherever hundreds of mourners gathered for her funeral.
Lucy Ngugi was flooded with grief during the work and had to beryllium supported by her hubby and 2 women arsenic she broke down successful tears. The symptom successful the country was heavy, with galore inactive struggling to travel to presumption with the tragedy.
The ceremonial was attended by respective governmental leaders, including Kalonzo Musyoka, Fred Matiang’i, and Eugene Wamalwa. They joined mourners successful calling for an extremity to constabulary unit and amended extortion for guiltless citizens, particularly children.
Bridgit’s begetter besides spoke during the service, urging the authorities to instrumentality responsibility. “We cognize we cannot bring our girl back, but we privation to marque definite nary different household has to spell done this pain,” helium said.
As her tiny achromatic casket was lowered into the ground, the radical of Ndumberi stood successful unity, mourning, outraged, and determined to guarantee her decease volition not beryllium successful vain.
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