A suspect who hacked a local Chief to death in Tharaka Nithi County yesterday has also today hacked to death an OCS who had gone to arrest him, before he was shot dead.
Following the brutal murder of Kamaindi location Chief Jafeth Manjau Mikingu, a team of police officers embarked on operation to track down the main suspect. The suspect, Mr David Ikaaba, was found at his butchery at Ugweri trading centre in Embu East Sub County.
The suspect then incited his workers who raised alarm before attacking the officers plus an informer who had accompanied the police. They cut the OCS, Chief Inspector Joseph Kinyua Ngure on the head several times. He was rushed to Tenri hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival. The suspect was shot dead by the officers. A total of 42 rounds were fired during the incident.