Administration Police officer officer dies after 'accidentally' shooting himself

Nyandarua, Kenya: Police are investigating an incident in which an Administration Police officer died after shooting himself under unclear circumstances.

Musa Kiplangat Barmassai is alleged to have died of a bullet wound after accidentally shooting himself on Thursday night at Ziwani Estate in Nyandarua County.

Confirming the incident Nyandarua North DCIO Kavete Kulova, said the deceased; an AP senior sergeant was helping his 67-year-old friend Papius Thuku Kinyua, a licensed firearm holder, to clean his pistol.

Kulova said the two had spent the entire night drinking at a bar in Nyahururu town before going to the businessman's house.

"Due to his drunken state, the officer might have removed the magazine but left a bullet in the chamber, which launched while dismantling it for cleaning. The bullet went through his palm and into his left thigh making him bleed profusely. He succumbed to injury," said the DCIO.