A Third Year student at Maseno University was on Monday shot dead by police during the nationwide anti-government protests by the Azimio coalition in Kisumu’s Maseno area.
Police said 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.
The student was shot in the neck and was pronounced dead upon arrival at the Coptic hospital where he had been rushed.
Other students denied the claims by police of raiding the supermarket.
Police said 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.
The police and Independent Policing Oversight Authority are investigating the tragedy.
Several people were injured during the protests that happened across the country over among others the high cost of living.
