Missing Somali-American national Bashir Mohamed found dead
The body of missing Somali-American national Bashir Mohamed has been found at the Kerugoya Level -5 Hospital mortuary.
According to Kirinyaga County Police commander Leah Kithei,
the body was discovered by a resident from Mirera in Murinduko ward, Mwea on
May 16, 2021.
The resident later informed officers at Wang’uru Police
Station that he had found the body of an unknown person.
The county police boss said after her officers and members
of the public retrieved the body, they took it to the mortuary.
She said the body was discovered with no clothes but with
visible head injuries.
“The case was then reported to police in Nairobi County,”
Kithei said, adding that the unidentified body had been at the morgue for six
days.
The family that has been searching for their kin travelled
to Mwea on Saturday and identified the body as that of Bashir Mohamed.
Their lawyer Charles Madowo later released a statement
saying: “It is with heavy hearts that family of Bashir Mohamed Mohamud informs
you that the body of Bashir was found earlier on today (Saturday) at Kerugoya
Level 5 hospital. As the family processes this tragic news and plan for his
burial, they request that they be afforded privacy. Even as Bashir rests, the
family shall not rest until justice has been served and those responsible for
his death brought to book.”
Described as a jovial man by his lawyers, Bashir’s
disappearance has puzzled even those investigating the case.
According to Kabete sub-county police commander Francis
Wahome, several people who last interacted with the missing businessman
engineer Mohamud Bashir, have already recorded statements.
Police are also probing how Bashir’s vehicle a Range Rover
was found burnt in Kibiku three days after his disappearance and the shell carted
away in less than an hour after a police officer from Kibiku police post
visited the scene and went back to alert the scene of crime officers only to
find the place wiped clean.
Bashir’s lawyers claim there were suspicious activities at
the Miale lounge where the structural engineer and director of infinity
development limited , was last seen.
“You realise in various instances there are a couple of
people who are triangulating and they were on mobile telephones and
conversations are ongoing and everyone looks quite jittery it looks as though
they are watching out waiting for something to happen,” Alibaya Hassan, the
businessman’s lawyer said.
CCTV footage captured Bashir leaving the lounge at around
6:50pm.
A few seconds after leaving his vehicle he stopped, his car
seemingly obstructed by another vehicle.
There was a traffic snarl-up on the left lane and no
vehicles are seen moving from the right side a clear indication that a vehicle
had blocked the road.
Curious pedestrians are seen looking at what could be a
commotion near Bashir’s car.
Reports indicate that Bashir had tried to call his wife but
the call was interrupted and his phone was soon after turned off …
“Our firm has handled a few ATPU matters and so that was our
first suspicion that probably there could be a suspicion from his end and that
they are conducting investigation at times they do such a thing they hold you
for 24/48 hours and particularly once counsel comes nobody it just wraps up,”
Mr Hassan added.
The 35-year-old American citizen had interests in
construction projects and has been working on different government projects in
Kiambu and Nyeri Counties.
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