A police officer
was stabbed and killed in an altercation with a man known to him over a
land dispute in the Embakasi area, Nairobi.
Police said the incident happened in Mradi area at about 9 pm as the officer, identified as Constable Nelson Momanyi, argued with an assailant.
Momanyi, who was attached to the General Service Unit in Embakasi B Campus, was stabbed in the chest and rushed to a local hospital, where he died.
Witnesses told
police the deceased officer and the assailant had argued over the piece of land
that he (GSU officer) was buying in the area when the incident happened.
The assailant escaped the scene as police visited there.
The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy and investigations.
Police said they are investigating a murder in the incident.
Elsewhere, at least six police officers were injured when their vehicle was involved in an accident along Olla-Rhamu Road in Mandera County.
According to police, the officers were escorting Governor Mohamed Khalif to an event on September 7, 2025, at about 3 pm when the incident happened.
The lead Land Cruiser hit a bump in the Barwaqo area, which sent it flying.
Out of the impact, police said, the six police officers onboard the open vehicle were thrown out and sustained serious injuries.
Police said the victims sustained multiple injuries before they were rushed to a local hospital for attention.
Three other officers who were on board the vehicle escaped unhurt, police said.
In Voi, Taita Taveta County, a police officer was hit and injured by a speeding lorry along the Nairobi-Mombasa Highway.
The lorry sped off after the incident in Ikanga area, police said, adding efforts to trace it were ongoing after the September 8 incident.
The officer is said to have been on patrol on the road when he was hit by the lorry.
He was rushed to the hospital, where he was treated and discharged, police said.
A team visited the scene and said an investigation had been launched to trace the lorry for action.
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