A 26-year-old prisoner from Vihiga County was shot dead on Monday while attempting to escape from police custody.
Police said the man, identified as as Edwin Ndege, had been arrested for allegedly assaulting a police officer and he was to be arraigned at Hamisi law courts.
He was shot while running away after attempting to break free.
Ndege had been handcuffed alongside another suspect Benjamin Kidiahi.
A police report states, "While being prepared to be taken into a court holding cage, he slipped his hand through the handcuff and freed himself from his pair. As he started running away, alarm was raised and police pursued him. A police officer fired a warning shot which the deceased defied and continued running into the porous Hamisi forest.”
According to police, the deceased was among eleven prisoners who were being escorted by six officers based at Serem Police Station.
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