Senior police officer commits suicide inside the station
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A police officer died by suicide after shooting himself inside the station in Moyale
A police officer died by suicide after shooting himself inside the station in Moyale.
A senior police officer died by suicide after shooting himself in a tragic incident at the Dabel police station, Moyale, Marsabit County.
The motive behind the incident is yet to be known, police who visited the Tuesday night incident said.
Inspector James Moturi who was the deputy Officer Commanding Station (OCS) at Dabel police station used a pistol issued to him to end his life inside his house on July 2 at about 11 pm.
He was alone in the house at the time of the incident. Police termed the death suicide.
His colleagues at the station said they heard a gunshot sound from behind the report office and when they rushed to check, they found Moturi had shot himself.
He had apparently shot himself in the chin with the bullet exiting the forehead using a Ceska pistol issued to him.
The pistol with 14 bullets was found beside his body with a pool of blood caking around it.
Police said no suicide note was found at the scene.
Senior police officers visited the scene before the body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy and other investigations.
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They said Moturi had not shown any signs of struggle or stress adding investigations had been launched into the incident.
This is the latest such incident to happen in the service.
The incident could be linked to trauma, which is on the rise among many police officers.
This has led them to commit murders and at times die by suicide.
Dozens of police officers have died as a result of suicide or killed many in a trend that is attributed to stress at work.
As part of efforts to address the trend, police authorities have launched counseling services and the National Police Service Commission (NPSC) has established a unit and staffed it to attend to their demanding situation.
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