Police firearm found in Kisumu hospital
A pistol. A Ceska pistol was found in the compound of Avenue Hospital Kisumu on March 3, 2017. FILE PHOTO | NATION MEDIA GROUP
What you need to know:
According to Kisumu County Commission Maalim Muhammed, the firearm belonged to a police officer who perished in a recent road crash that happened on the Kisumu-Kakamega road.
A Ceska pistol was on Friday found abandoned at Avenue Hospital in Kisumu.
A cleaner came across the firearm in the hospital’s compound and reported to an administrator who later alerted the police.
According to Kisumu County Commission Maalim Muhammed, the firearm belonged to a police officer who perished in a recent road crash that happened on the Kisumu-Kakamega road.
“We lost the pistol in a recent crash that involved a prison bus and a matatu. The police officers were from Vihiga County after attending a colleague’s burial,” he said.
