Kenyan psychiatrist says Garissa University attacker not fit for trial
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Kenyan psychiatrist says Garissa University attacker not fit for trial

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Kenyan psychiatrist says Garissa University attacker not fit for trial
A Kenyan psychiatrist has revealed that Tanzanian Rashid Charles Mberesero who is charged in connection with the 2015 Garissa University College terrorist attack in which 149 people were killed has suffered a mental breakdown in prison.
The condition of the suspect has thus rendered him unfit to stand trial after the psychiatrist revealed that he had been on treatment for “bizarre behaviour” at the Kamiti Maximum Security Prison.
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A mental examination report filed at the trial court in Nairobi stated that “he was given his last monthly injection on September 12”.
“He reports abnormal experiences, he believes that people around him have evil intentions,” Dr Mucheru Wang’ombe writes in the report.
Mberesero is charged alongside Mohamed Ali Abdikar, Hassan Aden Hassan, Sahal Diriye, Osman Abdi. They have denied 162 counts of terrorism.
 
 

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