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Officer killed, eight remandees missing in ambush by suspected bandits

Police officers deployed to Pura, Samburu county, after armed cattle rustlers killed two herders and drove away 30 cattle. [File, Standard]

One police officer was killed and eight remandees are missing after suspected bandits laid an ambush in the Charda area, along the Maralal -Baragoi -South Horr road.

Samburu County police commander Thomas Ototo said the incident happened at around 7 pm on Monday.

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