At least five innocent civilians were shot dead Tuesday by a rogue police officer in Kenya after he summarily executed his wife and shot five other people killing them instantly, local media reported the Kenyan capital city Nairobi.
The officer first killed his wife in their home, shooting her in the neck, before setting off at 3am with his service-issued AK-47 rifle and starting to shoot at “innocent members of the public frenziedly”, the Kenya police Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) said on Tuesday.
“After killing the three, the cop then turned his rifle at two (motorcycle taxi) riders, one of whom lost his life while undergoing treatment at the Kenyatta national hospital,” DCI said, noting that two wounded people were also in critical condition.
“Six people have been confirmed dead and two others are in critical condition, after a police officer went on a killing spree early this morning in Kabete, Kiambu County. Police Constable Benson Imbasi, who later committed suicide by turning the gun on himself, had first killed,” DCI said in a tweet on Tuesday.
Such incidences are not rare in Kenya. In a 2010 incident, a police officer in Siakago town, 120km (74 miles) northeast of Nairobi, shot 10 people dead including two of his colleagues.
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