Detectives are investigating an incident in which the Officer in Charge of Anti Terror Police Unit was attacked and robbed of his official car in Kisumu Town.
The Chief Inspector of police was alone in his car and had stopped at a petrol station along Kisumu-Nairobi when he was attacked.
He said he was attacked by four men, one of whom was armed with an AK47 rifle.
Police said the incident happened around 4:35 am Saturday, December 23 at the Hub Petrol Station.
According to the police, the attacker drew the AK47 rifle as the officer, who was on his way to check on his officers on patrol within Kisumu town and ordered him out of his motor vehicle, a GKB 110A/ KBQ431Q.
The officer said he was thrown out of the vehicle and sustained minor injuries on his right leg as the assailant escaped with the vehicle, heading to Nairobi.
Some of the items in the motor vehicle that have been robbed include; a black laptop bag containing a police radio set, a police notebook, a personal mountain bike, a brown wallet containing an ATM card, an identification card, NHIF card and a police certificate of appointment.
Police said they are investigating the motive behind the attack and robbery.
He was armed at the time of the incident, police said.
Police units have since been mobilized to search for the car and the occupants.
