Police officer arrested for shooting at motorists
Police in Nyeri are holding three suspected armed robbers following a shootout on March 20, 2017 in Kamakwa. FILE PHOTO | NATION MEDIA GROUP
What you need to know:
- During the shooting, a tanker transporting fuel to Uganda was shot.
- The vehicle was towed to Voi Police Station as investigations into the incident continue.
- He said the officer will be arraigned at Voi Law Courts after investigations.
A police officer in Voi, Taita Taveta county, has been arrested for opening fire on motorists at Ndii, along the Nairobi-Mombasa highway.
Voi OCPD Joshua Litukai said no one was injured in the Wednesday night incident.
Mr Litukai said the police constable Ngaleki Mkenya attached to Ndii Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) site was drunk and armed.
He said the officer had recently been transferred to the site from theMtito Andei SGR site.
“He opened fire on passing motorists as he was about to board a vehicle to Mtito Andei after work. His colleagues who were with him during the incident took cover and disarmed him,” he said.
During the shooting, a tanker transporting fuel to Uganda was shot.
The vehicle was towed to Voi Police Station as investigations into the incident continue.
He said the officer will be arraigned at Voi Law Courts after investigations.
