The inquest into the death of protester Rex Masai has taken a new turn, with a senior firearms examiner testifying that the fatal bullet fragment did not match pistols submitted by the police and was consistent with a live rifle round.

• A bullet fragment weighing 0.38 grams was found to be from a rifle cartridge, not a pistol, and consistent with rifles like the AK-1, Galil, or Chalbi rifle.
• Senior Superintendent Alex Mdindi Mwandawiro of the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) stated that one of three pistols submitted for analysis was missing, and the fragment must have originated from a live round.
• This testimony directly contradicts earlier statements that no live ammunition was fired during the protest where Masai was shot.