A police raid in Turbo Constituency, Rift Valley, turned disastrous after 2 people died and others injured during the operation.
According to police reports, residents of the village attacked the police officers after mistaking them for raiders who had come to attack their village.
The police had gone to arrest a suspect in his home, accompanied by a complainant, when one of the villagers raised an alarm-and summoned the entire village, who arrived armed with machetes and other weapons.
The villagers stormed the suspect’s house in order to save him from his supposed attackers. The villagers reportedly attacked the complainant, identified as Andrew Indeche, who had brought the police, killing him.
Edward Masibo, Eldoret West Sub County Police Commander who spoke to a local media house stated that Indeche had filed assault charges against the suspect who had fled the area.
When the suspect returned to the village, Indeche rushed to alert the police officers of his whereabouts.
“The victim had sustained grievous harm, according to the P3 form he had obtained. He accompanied two police officers who had gone to arrest the suspect. Upon arrival at the suspect’s home, a relative alerted neighbours that they had been attacked by robbers, and that’s when they descended on the victim, cutting him using pangas,” Masibo noted.
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