Police shoot dead transformer vandal in Thika

A combined team of police officers and Kenya Power officers ambushed about 6 men who were vandalising the transformer. [Gitau Wanyoike, Standard]

Police officers from Makongeni Police Station in Thika have shot and killed a suspected robber caught vandalising a Kenya Power transformer at the Kang'oki dumpsite.

Several accomplices managed to flee, reportedly injured, after the police intercepted the group during a patrol operation.