Two officers were on Friday shot dead by armed bandits at Lokichar, Turkana. [PHOTO/the-star.co.ke]
Two police officers were Friday night shot dead by armed bandits at Lokichar area in Turkana.
Police also managed to kill one of the bandits.
Confirming the incident, area OCPD Lazarus Wambua said that some four bandits had boarded a lorry transporting stolen sugar from another vehicle.
"As they reached Lokichar they didn't realise we were tracking them. We stopped them [but] the driver sped off towards the road block," he said.
He revealed that the bandits immediately opened fire where they killed Sergeant Adan Bir and Constable Abdalla Barrisa.
Another officer, Corporal Jared Okoth, survived with injuries on his hand.
The OCPD said that they have arrested one bandit and are searching for the other two who escaped.