Court acquits seven suspects charged with murder of 42 police officers in Baragoi

Administration Police mark the bodybags with the remains of their colleagues from Sukuta Valley in Baragoi during the 2012 massacre. (Photo: Courtesy)

It was relief for seven people charged in connection with brutal killing of 42 police officers and reservists in an ambush in Lomerok hills in Baragoi, Samburu County in 2012.

In landmark decision, Justice Maureen Odero indicted the state for failing to link the seven, who included Nachola ward representative, former chiefs, former assistant chiefs and police reservists, to the murder of the officers in brazen attack which shocked the police service.