Fierce gunfire as bandits attack police convoy in Baringo again

An Armoured police vehicle escorts hundreds of displaced persons evacuated from Mukutani area to a safer place in Eldume primary school in Marigat after Suspected Pokot bandits attacked the village killing 9 people, injuring three and burning several houses. [PHOTO:KIPSANG JOSEPH/Standard]

For the second time this week, bandits attacked police officers evacuating hundreds of residents from Mukutani in Baringo South.

The bandits attacked a police convoy on Thursday evening as it snaked its way through the Makutani-Mosuro road, causing panic as heavily armed security officers responded with heavy gunfire directed at attackers holed up in surrounding hills.