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A statement from Deputy County Commissioner Julius Arap Too has confirmed that two police officers were, on Saturday, April 29, beaten by civilians at Tharaka Nithi market centre.
However, the identity of the police officers is yet to be confirmed, but according to Julius Too, the murdered officers are attached to the Kathwana police station and were killed in the Kanthanje market. The officers met their deaths on Saturday evening when they had gone to arrest a money mobile shop attendant who raised an alarm alerting the mob who had them beaten to death.
I can confirm that two people, reportedly police officers attached to Kathwana police station, have been killed by a mob at Kanthanje market. We are yet to confirm their identity. I have personally taken an injured civilian to St. Orsola Hospital in Materi.”
Said Julius Arap Too.
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The mobile shop attendant also incurred head injuries inflicted by a sharp object and was forced to be forcibly taken to St. Orsola Hospital in Materi where he is receiving medication.
The Area Officer Commanding Police Division (OCPD) Joseph Muchiri, stated that investigations were underway, but the victims were still at large.
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Police Officers attacked in Trans Nzoia
In a separate incident, two police officers were attacked by villagers during a raid at a chang’aa den in Trans Nzoia.
According to a statement by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations(DCI)the team was closing in on a renowned brewer and her husband when the villagers responded to screams and descended on the officers.
Her proficiency in brewing the most potent local brew is unparalleled and Bwake villagers were willing to pay the ultimate price in protecting her, as the officers would later learn.”
The statement read in part.
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