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Banditry suspect who escaped from hospital arrested

The suspect was arrested in Kaben village after locals told police about his whereabouts. [iStockphoto]

A police vehicle was burnt in Elgeyo Marakwet as security personnel and an armed gang that attempted to rescue a notorious banditry suspect engaged in a fierce shootout on Thursday evening.

The gang stormed Liter Police Post in Kerio Valley, Marakwet East, after a man identified as Denis Kemboi, who had escaped from Iten County Referral Hospital on April 11, following a raid at the health facility, was arrested.

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