Villagers flee as GSU moves in to pursue policeman's killers

A contingent of security personnel on standby at Kamaindi shopping center after they launched a manhunt for suspects who killed a chief and later two police officers who were pursuing the suspects. [Mose Sammy/Standard]

Villagers started fleeing their homes after a contingent of General Service Unit (GSU) officers was deployed to Kamaindi village of Tharaka-Nithi County and Ugweri market of Embu.

The deployment follows the killing of a senior police officer at Ugweri. The policeman was killed as he pursued a suspect in the killing of a chief at Kamaindi, Tharaka-Nithi.