An officer from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) is nursing injuries after he was beaten for shooting two civilians in a Kisii nightclub.
According to reports, civilians noticed that the DCI Officer was armed as he was enjoying drinks at the popular bar. However, the discovery turned tragic after the officer fired his gun.
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“One officer attached to DCI Manga Sub County was on a drinking spree with a group of people in one million bar when he was detected of having a firearm.”
At around eleven in the night, the locals who noticed he had a firearm tried to seize the firearm from the detective which led to an altercation immediately with the officer.
However, this is when the officer is said to have fired his gun which injured two locals who were subsequently rushed to hospital nursing serious injuries.
Following the shooting, angry residents at the club attacked the officer injuring him severely. As the situation threatened to get out of hand, the officer was rescued from the angry crowd by police officers who had just arrived at the scene.
DCI in Kisii Central leading the investigations into the incident recovered CZ Gilboa pistol with 13 rounds of 9mm live rounds and 1 spent cartridge of 9mm from the scene as they took the injured officer to Oasis hospital.
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This incident comes a week after another police officer was arrested in Kiambu County after a shooting incident was reported at a nightclub in Kiambu. The shooting claimed the life of one civilian