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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica Sep 10

    Hero or villain? Ahmed Rashid is a Kenyan policeman accused of executing criminals. #BBCAfricaEye enters the world of the controversial policeman on a mission to rid his neighbourhood of gangsters. Full documentary: Watch the full documentary: https://youtu.be/pOjYnSAAcnQ pic.twitter.com/EcwyeGAtgo

    Inside the world of Kenya’s 'killer cop'
    The BBC gets unprecedented access to the world of Ahmed Rashid - a Kenyan policeman accused of executing criminals - and hears why many support his controversial tactics.
    1:21 AM - 10 Sep 2018
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      2. Amel Liban‏ @AmelLiban Sep 10
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Wtf are this somalis doing and why is the Kenian government allowing them to practice their own dangerous set of laws

        3 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Khalid A Mohamed‏ @Kalimohamed10 Sep 10
        Replying to @AmelLiban @BBCAfrica

        He is not Somali. He is Kenyan, stop bringing our people and our country into this hot mess. I was born in the Middle East and speak Arabic fluently, but I am not Arab nor claim to be one. His grandparents were from Somali, but both his parents were born in Kenya.

        2 replies 0 retweets 12 likes
      4. David GachieN‏ @DGachien Sep 10
        Replying to @Kalimohamed10 @AmelLiban @BBCAfrica

        Many people just dont know that Somalis are a tribespeople from Kenya,Somalia,Djibouti and Ethiopia.This man is a Kenyan of Somali origin.The Somalis came to Kenya in the medieval periods during the shungwaya raids between Bantus and Cushites probably 1000-1200s.

        3 replies 0 retweets 7 likes
      5. Mutinda Kitana‏ @muteezy Sep 10
        Replying to @DGachien @Kalimohamed10 and

        Kenya didn't exist in those medieval days :-) I wish our education system would be changed so children can be taught all existing borders are artificial!

        0 replies 1 retweet 4 likes
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      1. Calvin‏ @kassembanda Sep 10
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @RAbdiCG

        Look at the History of Police Killer squads in Kenya and how they all end; Eventually they are usually wiped out by their bosses for knowing too muchhttps://www.sde.co.ke/article/2000114256/ex-kwekwe-killer-cops-fear-for-their-lives …

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      1. Yasin Ahmed‏ @yasinjaya_ Sep 10
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Rashid is doing good job and crime level has gone down in pangani to eastleigh area. Shops are open upto midnight now

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      2. MSJC‏ @MathareSJustice Sep 10
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @BBCAfrica by humanizing Rashid you have just dehumanized all of the hundreds he has killed and continued to kill @Naomi2908 @Nanjala1 @shailjapatel @aminaa_hersi

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      2. #LibertyOrDeath 🇰🇪‏ @SonOfKisumu Sep 10
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Instant justice looks appetizing & satiating but Kenya is a Democratic state observing the rule of law. We are not like other wayward republics. It's only through the courts that someone is declared innocent or guilty. We cannot leave that solemn task to a gun-wielding man.

        3 replies 1 retweet 15 likes
      3. Mucyo‏ @fan0nite Sep 10
        Replying to @SonOfKisumu @BBCAfrica

        😂😂😂😂👏🏿

        0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
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      1. David West‏ @arsenalcode Sep 10
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Hero to the society. Villain to the criminals

        0 replies 0 retweets 29 likes
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      1. kirinyagafinest‏ @juniormarto Sep 10
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        You never know how ruthless criminals can be till you come face to face with them. I guess the bigger percentage talking about innocent till proven guilty squad have never been anywhere near these slums..they kill people for what they've worked hard for .... CRIMINALS KNOW NO LAW

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      1. Anwar Kirimi Abdi‏ @AbdiKirimi Sep 10
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @wawireCS

        For all those bravo-ing him, know that before those he killed, their were others and even after killing this ones, we still have some more. The question is how comes we never rid of this criminals even after all this killings.Simple. A system that don't deal with the real issues

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      1. Hassan Said‏ @hsislam Sep 10
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        For somebody who lives in kenya and specially in Nairobi he is a hero

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      1. Weldon cheruiyot‏ @ckweldon Sep 10
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        He's a hero to us as Kenyans. Any other opinion is null and void.

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      1. Kipkoech Ruto‏ @ViqRuto Sep 10
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        One man's hero is another man's villain/terrorists. He is a hero. The ruthless thugs he executes have no regard whatsoever to human life, and they kill, rape and steal at will. The good book says, he who lives by the sword will die by the sword. Bravo Ahmed! 💪👏

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      1. Baby-Boy 😈‏ @black_homiee Sep 10
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        He is doing a great job.

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      2. Renweiid 🌸32‏ @kakubatrevor1 Sep 10
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        you,ve captured an individual and they are down on the ground and you still shoot them?

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      3. BusiaFinest  🇰🇪‏ @Sir_JRMuga Sep 10
        Replying to @kakubatrevor1 @BBCAfrica

        Watch the documentary first on the part he was crying you will understand

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Colonel‏ @_rugged_ Sep 10
        Replying to @Sir_JRMuga @kakubatrevor1 @BBCAfrica

        Please, what did the alleged criminal do?

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. BusiaFinest  🇰🇪‏ @Sir_JRMuga Sep 10
        Replying to @_rugged_ @kakubatrevor1 @BBCAfrica

        Killed one his best friend colleague took a photo with the deceased Jacket posted on social media as a sign of mockery

        2 replies 0 retweets 11 likes
      6. Colonel‏ @_rugged_ Sep 10
        Replying to @Sir_JRMuga @kakubatrevor1 @BBCAfrica

        Please, do you have any link to the story line other than the BBC report?

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      7. BusiaFinest  🇰🇪‏ @Sir_JRMuga Sep 10
        Replying to @_rugged_ @kakubatrevor1 @BBCAfrica

        As a researcher and did my own enquiries and visited vigilance house they gave me full reports of not only them who are on crime watch. Funny thing some of the group members are undercover cops and they give info to help in arrests. Just visit the house you will have full access

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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