A prison warder has been arrested in Meru after he injured a woman and used a gun to hold hostage his lover and two children.
The incidence which happened at the Uruku GK Prison saw Constable Douglas Asuma go on a shooting spree where he attempted to shoot at his lover before subduing and holding her hostage.
In the course of the shooting at the lover, he however missed target and shot another woman who was later rushed to hospital in critical condition.
It was hours later that police from Kariene Police Station managed to convince him to set free the children and later the woman in the operation led by Imenti Central police boss Boniface Lisiolo.
The warder surrendered the gun and has since been arrested as police carry out investigations.