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Kenya's police say the fatal shooting of lawmaker Charles Were by a gunman aboard a motorcycle in the capital Nairobi on Wednesday evening appears to have been targeted and premeditated.

Kenyan opposition MP is killed in 'targeted and premeditated' shooting

A Kenyan opposition legislator was shot dead in the capital Nairobi in what police have described as a “targeted and premeditated” crime. MP Charles Were was shot after his car stopped at a roundabout on a busy major road. Story by Clarisse Fortuné.

Kasipul MP Ong'ondo Were's death exposes simmering war between citizens and ruling elite

On social media, reactions to Were’s killing ranged from the sarcastic to the celebratory. The MP was mired in controversy, facing many allegations of violence and intimidation.

Kenyan Lawmaker Is Shot Dead by Motorcycle-Riding Assailant - Overpasses For America

A Kenyan lawmaker was gunned down on a busy Nairobi street by a motorcycle-riding assassin on Wednesday evening, in what the police described as a “targeted and premeditated” attack. The lawmaker, Charles Were, who was serving a second term in Parliament, was in a vehicle stopped at a traffic light when he was killed, the police said. Witnesses reported that a person riding on the back of a motorcycle had hopped off and shot into the passenger s…

Kenyan lawmaker shot dead in apparent assassination in Nairobi

He was in the company of his driver and bodyguard when a motorcycle taxi approached their car, and a passenger disembarked and approached their car before firing at the MP, police said in a statement.

World news in brief: Lawmaker’s killing targeted and premeditated, say Kenya police

Charles Were, an MP representing Kasipul constituency in Kenya’s west, was shot dead by a motorcyclist