Police officer burns himself to death as helpless son, 8, watches

Remains of a four bed room house belonging to Police sergent Sammy Chirchir who set a blaze and died inside the house at chemalal viallge Turbo Constituency in Uasin Gishu County on December 11, 2021. [Christopher Kipsang, Standard]

A National Police Service officer died by suicide after allegedly setting himself ablaze in Chemalal village, Turbo constituency yesterday.

Sammy Chirchir, 49, was attached to Loya police station in Loima within Turkana County, where he had been transferred from Huruma in Eldoret two months ago.