The National Police Service (NPS) has acknowledged it's role in the killing of Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif, expressing its regret over the matter as it took responsibility for ending the renowned scribe's life in a matter of mistaken identity.

In a statement penned by police spokesperson Bruno Shioso, he detailed the incident that occured on the night of Sunday, October 24 that has sent shockwaves globally over the circumstances that the journalist was slain.

"NPS regrets to announce an incident that occurred last night along Kivenia farm/Kamukuru mamam road within Magadi. Kajiado where a foreigner national namely ARSHAD MOHAMMED SHARIFF, a Pakistan national aged 50 years was fatally wounded by a police officer while a passenger in a motor vehicle KDG 200M," the statement read.

Shioso further noted that the officers were acting on intelligence received that a vehicle had been stolen and they were in pursuit of the carjackers when the slain journalist who was in the company of his brother Khurram Ahmed approached a road barrier along the route.

"Deceased's motor vehicle came upon the police barrier which they drove through. It is then that they were shot at, fatally injuring late ARSHAD MOHAMMED SHARIFF," he stated.

NPS continued to express its regret, affirming that action would be taken to get to the bottom of the matter, while condoling with the family of the deceased.

The matter has sparked global outrage with lobby groups demanding that the incident be investigated, to shed light on the events that transpired in the run up to the killing as suspicion is rife over the same.