"He asked people to gather round and then he started shooting, so these young people fled into the bushes and woods and some even swam off the island to get to safety." One 15-year-old eyewitness described how she saw what she thought was a police officer open fire.
“Walikwenda moja kwa moja mapokezi wakafanya ukaguzi, kisha wakatoka nje ya jengo na kama hiyo haitoshi, ofisa huyo akiwa na mbwa alikwenda sehemu ya kuegesha magari yenye kesi na yale ya kawaida na kuanza kufanya ukaguzi, baada ya hapo waliondoka,” alisema polisi huyo na kuongeza: