Crime sceneA police officer was shot and killed in an ambush by gunmen in Free Area, Nakuru Town.
Police said two other colleagues were injured
and are receiving treatment in the hospital.
One of the officers was also attacked by
a machete in the ambush on Monday morning.
The group of officers had responded to
a distress call when they were ambushed
at about 1 am, police said.
Police said the deceased is attached to
Bondeni police station.
An operation was staged in the area
that saw two key suspects arrested and a gun recovered, police said.
A hunt for more suspects is ongoing,
police said.
The two are receiving treatment at the
Nakuru Level Five Hospital.
The body was moved to the mortuary, police said amid the hunt for more suspects.
The area
is experiencing a slight rise in crime amid operations to contain the trend.
Officials
said more personnel has been sent to the area to hunt for the gang behind the
trend.
The
recovered weapon will be subjected to ballistic tests for more information on
if it has been involved in crime.
Police
said the suspects too are under intense interrogation for more information on
possible accomplices.
Detectives
are blaming the attacks on a gang on the loose and hope to get them all soon.
Last week, a 25-year-old man was shot and killed during a robbery mission at an Mpesa shop in the Baraka area, Menengai, Nakuru County.
An Mpesa
attendant was also hit and injured before being robbed of Sh40,000 in the
Wednesday night incident.
The
deceased was identified as Enock Chepkwony who was a herder at Arap Chumo area,
police said.
Police said they were called and informed of the robbery and shooting before visiting the scene.
It was
discovered a gang of three had attacked an M-Pesa attendant and injured her in
the face and left arm while demanding the day’s collection.
They
grabbed Sh40,000 from her shop before fleeing the scene.
It was
then that they bumped into Chepkwony a few metres ahead and shot him at close
range using a rifle that they were armed with.
Police
said he was shot in the head, and the bullet exited through the cheek.
He was
shot on the left side of the back, and the bullet head exited on the right side
of the cheek.
One
spent cartridge of 7.62 mm special was recovered at the scene, police said.
The
attendant was rushed to the hospital while the body of the man was moved to the
mortuary pending autopsy and investigations.
Police said they are
investigating murder and robbery with violence.
They also want to recover the
weapon used before the gang continues to use it in more incidents.
The team handling the matter wants to also establish if the weapon has been used elsewhere.
