Kenya’s police have said the fatal shooting of a lawmaker by a gunman aboard a motorcycle in the capital Nairobi on Wednesday evening appeared to be targeted and premeditated.

The opposition legislator had just left parliament when he was attacked by gunmen on a motorcycle, police say.

A Kenyan lawmaker was shot dead on Wednesday night in the capital Nairobi by gunmen on motorcycles, local broadcaster Citizen TV reported. The news was also reported by other Kenyan outlets, including The Nation and The Standard newspapers.