Boniface Mwangi announces sad fate of State House attacker Brian Bera - as told by Robert Alai

Details have emerged on the fate of Brian Kibet Bera, the fifth-year engineering student who was shot after attempting to break into State House Nairobi.

Journalist Boniface Mwangi explained that he had learnt that Bera was in the custody of the Anti-Terror Police Unit (ATPU) after visiting blogger Robert Alai.

Alai reportedly told Mwangi that he had been kept in the same cell as Bera – claiming that the student had been beaten up.

“I visited @RobertAlai this morning. He says he was held at ATPU together with a student who was arrested trying to get into State House. The student was arrested, beaten and handed over to Anti-Terrorism Police. Police have put a lid on that story to avoid more copycat attempts,” the activist wrote on Twitter.

Brian Bera's father, David Bera

David Bera

Bera was initially taken to Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) where he was treated for a wound before being taken to Kileleshwa Police Station to record a statement.

No further information was revealed about his whereabouts even as his father, David Bera, pleaded for his father to be given medical treatment.

The senior Bera said his son had a history of mental treatment and needed help rather punishment.

On his part, Alai was arrested on Tuesday alongside prison warder Patrick Safari on allegations of publicizing a photo showing bodies of security officers killed in a terror attack in Wajir county.

The two have since been charged with belonging to a terror group and planning terrorism-related activities. A Nairobi court on Wednesday allowed the two to be held for fourteen days for further investigations.