Boniface Kariuki, a vendor who was shot at close range by a police officer during last month’s protests, is laid to rest at her parents’ farm in Kangema, Muranga County, Kenya, Friday, July 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
A mourner grieves as vendor Boniface Kariuki, who was shot at close range by a police officer during last month’s protests, is laid to rest at her parents’ farm in Kangema, Muranga County, Kenya, Friday, July 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
Mourners bury Boniface Kariuki, a vendor who was shot at close range by a police officer during last month’s protests, in Kangema, Muranga County, Kenya, Friday, July 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
Susan Nyambura Njeri, the mother of vendor Boniface Kariuki, who was shot at close range by a police officer during last month’s protests reacts in grief as they lower his casket into the grave in Kangema, Muranga County, Kenya, Friday, July 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
A priest blesses the casket of vendor Boniface Kariuki, who was shot at close range by a police officer, during last month’s protests, in Kangema, Muranga County, Kenya, Friday, July 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
A mourner collapses as they lower the casket of vendor Boniface Kariuki, who was shot at close range by a police officer during last month’s protests, in Kangema, Muranga County, Kenya, Friday, July 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
Boniface Kariuki, a vendor who was shot at close range by a police officer during last month’s protests, is laid to rest at her parents’ farm in Kangema, Muranga County, Kenya, Friday, July 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
Mourners pray during the viewing of body of vendor Boniface Kariuki, who was shot at close range by a police officer, during last month’s protests, at the Kenyatta Memorial Funeral ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ in Kiambu County, Kenya, Friday, July 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
Mourners carry the casket of vendor Boniface Kariuki, who was shot at close range by a police officer during last month’s protests, to be laid to rest at her parents’ farm in Kangema, Muranga County, Kenya, Friday, July 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
Susan Nyambura Njeri, the mother of vendor Boniface Kariuki, who was shot at close range by a police officer, during last month’s protests reacts in grief after viewing the body of her son at the Kenyatta Memorial Funeral ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ in Kiambu County, Kenya, Friday, July 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
Photos of funeral of Kenyan civilian shot dead by police during protest
KANGEMA, Kenya (AP) — The burial of a Kenyan civilian who was shot at close range by a police officer during an anti-government demonstration in June has taken place at his parents’ farm in Kangema.
Boniface Kariuki, a vendor who was shot at close range by a police officer during last month’s protests, is laid to rest at her parents’ farm in Kangema, Muranga County, Kenya, Friday, July 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
KANGEMA, Kenya (AP) — The burial of a Kenyan civilian who was shot at close range by a police officer during an anti-government demonstration in June has taken place at his parents’ farm in Kangema.
Boniface Kariuki was selling face masks at an anti-police demonstration on when he was shot in the head during a confrontation with two officers. On Thursday, an officer was charged with his murder.
Human rights groups have called for restraint among police officers following violence at similar protests captured by photographers on and
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