Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) soldier has killed his three family members and thereafter killed himself in Jua Kali Center Turbo Constituency Tuesday morning.
Speaking to the press at the scene of the incident on Tuesday morning the Eldoret West OCPD Zachary Bitok said those killed are two men and two women who are believed to be his family members.
“There are two scenes where the shootings took place the first scene is where the aunty stays while the second scene is the uncle homestead who was also killed. The incident took place at 5: 00 am on Tuesday Morning,” said the Eldoret West OCPD.
He further said that the cause of their deaths is yet to be established.
"We are doing investigations and we will be able to brief the media on what we find and what really happened," he said.
He reiterated that this is an isolated case since the areas have never witnessed a criminal act of such magnitude.
Their bodies were taken to Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital as investigations are underway.
The officer is attached to the military intelligence department.