Boniface Kariuki taken to theater as KNH surgeons fight to save his life

Jonah Kariuki Nyambura, the father of Boniface Kariuki who was shot at close range by police officer in Nairobi. [Pkemoi Ng'enoh]

Boniface Kariuki, the hawker who was shot at close range during Tuesday's demonstrations in Nairobi, has undergone a second surgery at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH).

According to an update from his family, Kariuki was wheeled into theatre around 2 p.m. on Thursday for a procedure expected to last about an hour.