Man in city police attack shot dead
Police officers examine documents recovered from a man who was shot dead after attacking an officer at Central Police Station, Nairobi, on September 23, 2014. PHOTO | ANTHONY OMUYA |
What you need to know:
- The man, who was identified as Joseph Ndirangu, entered the station at around 11.30am with a machete hidden under his clothes.
- He approached the uniformed officer who was manning the station’s main gate and started attacking him leaving him with severe injuries.
A man was shot dead after he attacked an officer at the Central Police Station in Nairobi on Tuesday.
The man, who was identified as Joseph Ndirangu, entered the station at around 11.30am with a machete hidden under his clothes.
He approached the uniformed officer who was manning the station’s main gate and started attacking him leaving him with severe injuries.
HOSPITAL DOCUMENTS
The attacker was found with documents in his pockets indicating that he had been undergoing treatment at the Mathari (mental) Hospital for the last three years.
He also had some coins, an ID waiting card issued in Limuru last month and a set of keys.
A witness said when Mr Ndirangu slashed Constable Benson Kiprono on the head and on the left shoulder, the officer tried to shield himself with his hands, but the assailant kept hitting him with the machete.
That was when he opened fire.
“The attacker was viciously hitting him (Kiprono) with the machete and the officer had to defend himself,” Central police boss Paul Wanjama said.
The officer was given First Aid at a nearby hospital and moved to Kenyatta National Hospital for surgery.
