Police have officially released the names of the police officers killed in the deadly Kapenguria police station siege.
The siege on Thursday, July 14, left seven officers dead.
The seven officers killed included the OCS of the station, five regular police officers and a Recce squad officer.
Officers outside the Kapenguria Police Station where a rogue police officer attempting to rescue an al-Shabaab militant openned fire killing seven police officers . Image: Twitter/@richybosire
The names of the seven police officers are:
1. CI Vitalis Ochido, OCS Kapenguria Police Station.
2. CPL Wilson Karani
3. CPL Katana Kitu
4. CPL Gideon Ochieng
5. PC Robert Kinyua
6. PC Cornelius Rono
7. Dennis Momnanyi of GSU recce COY Ruiru
The siege at the police station started at around 5.30am.
Police confirmed the attacker was a police constable named Abdihakim Maslah.
Maslah is said to have been attempting to rescue a terror suspect held at the station.
The police constable who hailed from Garissa is said to have been radicalized by the terror group al-Shabaab.
