Police said the suspect
died by suicide. He was found unresponsive and hanging on window grill with a piece
of cloth tied around his neck.
The incident happened on
Friday September 26, 2025 evening, police said.
Police said they had
booked Allan Kamau Kimani, 41 for malicious damage to property as complained by
a relative.
He was detained alone at
the Komwamu police post cells where he was found hanging on a window grill with
a shirt tied around his neck.
Police claim he used his
shirt to hang himself. The motive of the incident is yet to be known.
Senior police officers
visited the scene and confirmed he was being held at the post pending transfer
to Isebania when the incident happened.
Officials at the
Independent Policing Oversight Authority were informed of the incident and
announced an investigation had been launched into the same.
This is the latest such
incident to happen in a police custody in a month. Similar incidents were
reported this month in Mombasa and Kitale police commands prompting an
investigation.
Such deaths are
investigated by Ipoa.
Meanwhile, police in Makunga, Kakamega County are investigating an incident
where a minor aged 10 died after being assaulted by his neighbour.
The death sparked rage
from locals who set the suspect’s houses, police said.
Locals reported that the
suspect was last seen talking to the minor who was a pupil at the Bushiri
Primary School before he assaulted him. The motive of the incident was not
known immediately.
The body of the boy was
found lying in the suspect’s compound with injuries in the head, legs and
hands, police said.
The suspect escaped the
scene and police said on Sunday efforts to trace him were ongoing following the
September 25, 2025 incident.
The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy even as the hunt on the suspect continues, police said.
