A police officer has committed suicide after shooting two forest rangers dead on Sunday night in a suspected love triangle in Elgeyo Marakwet County.
According to a police report, another female ranger was injured.
Further, the police report indicated that Constable Evans Kimutai, attached to the elite Border Patrol Unit, Todonyang, Turkana, had traveled to the Cheranganyi Forest Station, where he shot and killed the two.
“He was armed with an AK47 rifle when he raided the station Sunday midnight and shot dead Abdalla Dzabo Kittole and Marion Cherono,” the report said.
“Kimutai had travelled from Todonyang, where he is based, to commit the incident after which he shot himself in the chin bursting his head,” police said.
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The area's chief, Andrew Chemalingo, reported the incident to police at Kapcherop, who rushed to the scene and found that it had already happened.
The unit he serves is regarded to have some of the best-trained officers.
The injured woman was taken to hospital while the bodies were moved to the mortuary pending autopsy.
