Police shot dead while watching football at a club
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A police officer shot dead by unknown assailants while watching football at a club in the Sagat area in Marakwet
A police officer shot dead by unknown assailants while watching football at a club in the Sagat area in Marakwet.
According to a police report, the police constable had on Thursday, April 4, night joined other people at a club in the area to watch a football match.
They were watching an English Premier League (EPL) game between Manchester United and Chelsea.
It was during that time the police officer identified as Amos Kipchirchir, attached to the Liter Police post was shot several times on the left side of his chest at around 11:15 pm.
The officer is said to have bled to death before receiving medical help.
Local police recovered five used cartridges of 7.62x39mm at the crime scene, which has since been closed pending further investigations.
The body of the deceased was transferred to the Tot Sub-County Hospital for autopsy, as the officers launched a manhunt for the culprits.
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The reason for the attack is yet to be established, as the officer had no known enemies.
The investigations are trying to establish whether it was a case of the wrong place at the wrong time, or whether the constable was the target all along.
Elsewhere, another police constable died on March 29 after shooting himself in the head inside his house in Laikipia County.
Officers retrieved his body from the scene, where he lay lifeless in a pool of blood with the gun used at his side.
He allegedly shot himself in the chin with the bullet coming out through his left ear.
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