Hours after the video of a man that has been identified as Ian Njoroge assaulting a police officer went viral, the man was arrested after being marked as armed and dangerous by state agencies.
Ian Njoroge, the man in the viral video was arrested in the wee hours of Sunday night after intelligence led a team of officers to his girlfriend’s place where he went hiding after assaulting the traffic officer along Kamiti Road.
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According to Ian, he got angry after the officer demanded a bribe that he could not afford and therefore he resulted to blows and kicks before members of the public intervened to save the officer.
Ian further revealed that his father is a secondary school teacher at Mavoko Secondary School and his mother is a businesswoman dealing with laboratory equipments in Nairobi.
Preliminary reports indicate that the police officer is still admitted at Mama Lucy hospital in Nairobi with other serious underlying conditions such as diabetes that complicated his situation after the beating.
According to ground reports, situation escalated after the traffic officer had attempted to stop Ian Njoroge from making a wrong U-turn and obscuring traffic before hitting a curb thus making a stop.
Immediately he stopped, the officer entered in the car and started directing Ian to drive to the police station. However, a few meters ahead, Ian Njoroge unleashed a sword from under his seat forcing the police officer out of the vehicle.
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He followed him and started kicking him blows and kicks before members of the public got wind of the situation and went to the officer’s rescue before a manhunt for Ian was launched.