Tragedy as bandits kill 8 police officers, a chief, and 2 civilians
Tragedy as bandits kills 8 police officers, a chief, and 2 civilians in an ambush in Turkana according to police reports.
Police have confirmed an ambush by cattle rustling bandits on innocent members of the public and police officers in Turkana East claiming 11 lives.
In the Saturday, September 24 incident, National Police Service (NPS) said officers were pursuing heavily armed bandits from the Pokot community who raided a village in the Eastern part of Turkana County and stole cattle.
Sadly, National Police Service (NPS), through their social media, reported that the rustlers ambushed the officers killing eight of them, a local chief, and two civilians.
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Following the incident, NPS said they had dispatched additional officers to reinforce the troops on the ground in beefing up security in the area and pursue the bandits.
“A local chief, two members of the public, and eight police officers succumbed to the injuries,” police spokesman Bruno Shioso said in the statement. “We have dispatched additional officers to reinforce the troops on the ground in beefing up security in the area and pursue the bandits.”
There have been numerous cases of cattle rustling in northern Kenya as nomadic pastoralist communities lose thousands of livestock to a drought that, according to the government, has left millions on the brink of starvation.
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