Outrage as Another CCTV Footage Shows Police Assaulting Youth in Pool Joint
The incident comes barely two weeks after another CCTV footage showed police in Nandi Hills assaulting young men in a pool table game joint...
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A new CCTV video captured on Friday, January 23, at approximately 11pm, shows police officers allegedly assaulting young men at a pool hall in Kikuyu, inciting public outrage. This incident follows closely after another similar video from Nandi Hills went viral, highlighting a concerning pattern of alleged police brutality.
- The one-minute 38-second footage shows three uniformed officers from the Nderi Police Post entering a recreational facility and assaulting two young men.
- One officer is seen clubbing a young man in the stomach while another slaps him repeatedly; the second young man also receives multiple slaps before both are handcuffed.
- This incident mirrors a previous video from January 10, 2026, in Nandi Hills, where officers stormed a pool hall and assaulted 12 men.
- The National Police Service (NPS) has not yet issued an official response to either the Kikuyu or Nandi Hills incidents.
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