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Horror as suspect hacks policeman with a jembe in Kisii

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The police officer was leading a team to arrest the suspect who had allegedly chopped off a neighbour's hand. [iStockphoto]

A police officer is fighting for his life at the Kisii Teaching and Referral Hospital after a suspect he had gone to arrest attacked him with a jembe.

The suspect is also nursing wounds after the officer shot him in defense.

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