Police officer killed in Thika road hijacking

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Mystery surrounds the death of a police officer attached to Ruaraka police station in Nairobi during a hijacking incident in which his firearm was also stolen.

It is reported that the officer had boarded a bus belonging to Neo Kenya Mpya company heading to Thika town. In a police report by Anthony Lagat and Kelvin Ng’etich, both of Recce company in Ruiru, two men hopped into the bus as it slowed down at Drive Inn bumps. A few minutes later, as they approached the bumps near Garden City mall along Thika road, another set of two men got in. In no time, they shouted at the passengers to lie down and surrender all their valuables.