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An Administration Police officer attached to the Takaungu AP post, Kilifi county, has committed suicide.
The officer shot himself on Saturday morning using his G3 rifle while on his night patrol duty with a colleague.
"After a brief chat, the victim remained in his bed as the other officer went out to take some water. Some minutes later, there was a gun shot and when the colleague went to check he found the officer lying in a pool of blood," said Kilifi AP boss Elisha Ng'etich.
"He had a gunshot wound at the left side of his chest," he said and added that investigations are underway.
Ng’etich however declined to disclose the name of the deceased, adding that they are yet to in inform the next of kin.
"The deceased was together with a colleague at the camp and was jovial all day. He did not show any worrying signs," he added.
He added that they do not know the reason the officer took his life but they suspect it could be in relation to some family dispute.
"This is because the officer did not have any problems at work and even minutes before the incident, he had chatted freely with other officers at the camp,” said Ngetich.
The body has been taken to the Kilifi county hospital mortuary.