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Courageous wife goes at her husband's feet as he takes police station hostage

Nakuru County police commander Beatrice Kiraguri condoles Joyce Ndunge, the wife of the Late police constable Bernard Sivo at the Njoro Police station on August 23, 2021 .[Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

For nearly two hours, Police Constable Bernard Sivo held a police station hostage as his wife begged him to surrender his rifle not to harm himself, his family and colleagues. 

The tension at Njoro Police Station came to a halt yesterday after Police Constable Bernard Sivo, 28, turned a gun on himself despite efforts by his colleagues and other relatives to calm him down.

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