Woman Killed by Suspected Stray Bullet in Moyale Amid Ethiopia Conflict
Police said Amina Guchi was at the Marsabit County offices in Moyale, near the Moyale Law Courts, when the incident occurred on Monday.
Nairobi, Kenya - A 65-year-old woman named Amina Guchi was killed in Moyale after being struck in the head by an object believed to be a stray bullet during ongoing clashes between two regions in neighbouring Ethiopia. Guchi was at the Marsabit County offices in Moyale when the incident occurred on Monday. According to a police report, she was speaking to a soldier on duty at the county offices when she was struck from behind by the bullet.
She collapsed and lost consciousness, leading to an emergency transfer to the Moyale Sub-County Referral Hospital, where she was pronounced dead upon arrival. Police officers visited the hospital for a post-mortem examination before her body was released to her family for burial. The incident is linked to the cross-border hostilities between the two regions in Ethiopia, though further details on the shooting's circumstances were not provided in the police report.
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