Cattle rustlers shoot and injure officer in four-hour gun fight

Women from Murkutwo location in Marakwet East Sub-County march to the sub-county headquarters in Chesoi, 30km away, to protests against rising cases of cattle rustling. [Photo: Fred Kibor/Standard]

A police officer was shot and wounded by armed herders who ambushed a convoy of General Service Unit (GSU) officers in Baringo.

The herders also deflated an armoured personnel carrier. Baringo County Commissioner Peter Okwanyo said the injured officer, who was shot in the head, was rescued after a four-hour gun fight at Kapindasum. He was taken to Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital.