A police officer who was charged in court on suspicion of having links with terrorists has committed suicide in his house in Shauri Moyo estate, Nairobi.
Constable Waiss Abdulaziz Mohammed was suspected to have links with a car explosion that left over 20 people dead.
He was charged in court with participation in terrorism activities, membership to a terrorist group, promoting terrorism and being in possession of articles connected with terrorism.
The officer’s wife, Agnes Muthoni Wanjiku said that she went to Shauri Moyo BAT police quarters and knocked on the door but there was no response.
She called him through his mobile phone but there was no response.
Since she had a spare key, she decided to open the door only to find his body hanging from the frame of the bedroom door, with a rope tied around his neck.
The scene was visited by OCS Shauri Moyo and his team. He had left behind a suicide note.
Wanjiku said she separated with the deceased officer two weeks ago and had come to check on him.
The officer was attached to the National Disaster Management Unit (NDMU) at Vigilance House but was later interdicted when he was charged in court.
On June 28, 2017 four police officers, four school children and three adults perished in a road explosion while eight police officers died in Mandera when their vehicle attached Mandera Governor Ali Roba was blown off.
When he was arrested, he was found with gadgets used to liaise with the terrorism groups in the country and in Somalia.
They included a laptop, three sim cards and material used in alleged radicalisation of youth.