 from the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. Shots were then fired at the vehicle by police, killing the journalist.But exactly why is not clear.The police have issued contradictory statements regarding the shooting. In one account, they say that Sharif was in a vehicle that was mistaken for one that had been reported stolen.Image caption, A photograph of the Land Cruiser that Sharif was travelling in shows one of the bullet holesThe initial police report said officers were on the look-out for the missing vehicle when he was killed. According to this report, the driver of Sharif's Land Cruiser disobeyed orders to stop at a roadblock and officers then shot at the car at least eight times as it moved away, killing the journalist in the process. In a second version of events from police, one of the people inside the vehicle fired first and then officers responded by shooting back. Police say one officer was hit in the hand as a result of the exchange of fire. There are two key questions for investigators:How did police mistake the Toyota Land Cruiser, a large four-wheel-drive car, for the vehicle reported s){kind=link}
The shooting dead of a prominent Pakistani investigative journalist by police in Kenya caused outrage in his home country, leaving many wondering how such a thing could have happened.
Thousands turned up to Arshad Sharif’s funeral on Thursday in Islamabad to mourn the well-known critic of Pakistan’s military.
Opponents of the current Pakistani government believe that he was targeted in a plot organised in Pakistan.
But Kenya’s police, in an initial report, said the 49-year-old was shot dead in a moving vehicle in a case of mistaken identity.
Pakistan says it has sent investigators to Kenya to help with the inquiry into what took place.