It’s kill and
be killed in Ukasi, Mwingi
BY MWINGI TIMES
TEAM
A senior police
officer in Kitui County narrowly escaped death after a man armed with a panga
attacked him on Monday evening while he was on duty at a
roadblock on the Mwingi-Garissa highway.
Officer Commanding
Ukasi Police Station in Mwingi East Sub- County Antony Karisa sustained serious
shoulder injuries after he was attacked by a man who had just hacked to death
another man under unclear circumstances.
SHOCKING
ASSAULT
The officer reportedly
shot to death the assailant whom the police didn’t reveal his name
in the 7 pm incident that sparked profound
shock, tension and panic among the villagers
According to Ukasi
OCPD Gideon Mugambi, the officer was attacked while he was responding after the
assailant who is a local resident killed a government official who was working
with Northern Water Services Board at Garissa County.
The NWSB
official who was heading to Nairobi had alighted from his car to greet his
colleague Mr Kimwaki Mutinda, 45 who was heading to Garissa. Mr Mutinda had
stopped a few meters from the police barrier where coincidentally he met with
the deceased
“As the two were
having a chat, the attacker approached them from behind and cut the victim on
the head before chopping off his both hands. This prompted his colleague to
dash for safety as he called for help,” Mr Mugambi said on phone.
AGGRESSIVELY
ADVANCE
Mr Mugambi added
that the noise triggered police manning the roadblock, about 80 meters away to
swiftly rush towards where alarming noise was coming from.
“As they were
approaching there the assailant charged at the officers telling them to stop
going his direction. He aggressively advanced to them and cut on the shoulder
one of them,” said the OCPD who did not want to reveal whether it was the OCS
who was injured.
“The officer
sustained a deep cut on the right shoulder but the attacker was immediately
shot on the stomach and died on the spot,” said Mr Mugambi. He said the officer
was rushed to Mwingi Level IV hospital where he was treated and discharged.
Mwingi Times learnt that the OCS was indeed
injured after we caught up with him Directorate of Criminal Investigations
(DCI) offices in Mwingi where we learnt he was recording a statement with the
detectives.
Mr Karisa however
declined to comment on the matter referring journalists to the DCIO Mr James
Manuni who also said he had no complete report and was just helping the
victim’s colleague to write a statement over the incident.
Mr Mugambi said the
two bodies were taken for preservation at Level IV Hospital mortuary.
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