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KWS ranger turns on his AP officer girlfriend, shoots her dead

The couple have been having domestic quarrels over counter accusation of infidelity [Courtesy]

A Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) ranger shot and killed his girlfriend, an Administration Police (AP) officer based in Litein, in Bureti Constituency.

Victor Kipchumba Rono, a KWS ranger who is stationed at Naro Moru in Nyeri allegedly grabbed Maureen Cheptoo's AK-47 rifle at 10PM Friday night and shot her in the back of the head.

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