An advocate of the High Court succumbed to his injuries after a gun attack by suspected bandits on the Isiolo-Modogashe Road.
Police said Anthony Gathitu Kabathi, a lawyer with the Kabuthi and Company Advocates law firm in Nairobi was driving back to Nairobi from a client meeting in Garissa when he was attacked near Laga Logo, about five kilometers from a police camp.
He was admitted to hospital in serious condition after he was ambushed and shot by gunmen. He succumbed to the injuries later on Sunday night, a family friend said.
The incident happened Sunday morning.
“Sadly and unfortunately we lost Anthony. We are hurt,” said the family member who described the deceased as a hard-working man.
General Service Unit officers responding to a distress call from the public reported that the lawyer sustained severe gunshot wounds to his chest, left hand, thumb, and left side abdomen during the ambush.
The team was alerted there was a man bleeding in a car that had veered off the road and stalled in a bush.
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Kenya: Lawyer Succumbs To Injuries After Being Shot By Gunmen On Isiolo-Modogashe Road
