A police officer in Kirinyaga West Sub-County has been arrested for allegedly shooting his colleague dead.
The allegations also show that the two men were in an altercation right before one officer killed the other.
According to a police report at Kabonge Police station, which is in the same area, outline that the incident occurred at Gathambi coffee factory in Mukure location on Sunday morning at around 1 am.
The police statement read, “It happened that PC James Oburu and PC Luka Kimuge were guarding Gathambi Coffee factory when they started quarrelling and a fight ensued, where by PC Luka Kimuge shot dead PC James Oburu on the neck and died instantly."
The police said that further investigations are underway. They also confiscated the firearms that were assigned to the two officers to help with the investigations.
The suspect awaits arraignment in court as he is
locked in Baricho police station while an autopsy will be conducted on the deceased body at Kibugi funeral home where it was taken.
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