There was shock at the Recce Company Camp in Ruiru, near Kimbo in Kiambu County on Thursday night, after an officer attached to the General Service Unit (GSU) elite Recce Squad shot dead his girlfriend before turning the gun on himself.
Preliminary investigations indicated that Police Constable Kimiri Mwarabu could have been having marital problems which culminated into the macabre incident. “It is quite unfortunate but we will confirm what exactly transpired, ” National Police Service spokesperson George Kinoti told the People Daily.
Cases of police suicide, shooting colleagues of their bosses are on the rise in what investigators attribute to psychological problems. In August this year, a Corporal attached to the Kenya Airport Police Unit (KAPU) at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) shot herself dead under unclear circumstances.
In June, Police in Kasarani Police Station arrested a Police Constable who shot and badly injured his wife within Kasarani Police Station quarters.
A month prior to the Kasarani incident, Police Constable Joseph Kipng’etich Cheruiyot murdered his alleged girlfriend, Police Constable Grace Sheila Kioko and Chief Inspector Benson Mwadime, a General Service Unit officer, by shooting them at point blank range while having drinks at Club Tenax and Restaurant in Mutuati market in Meru county. EDS/MK/007/010/016
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