TWO POLICE OFFICERS HURT IN A POLICE-MOB CONFLICT IN NYAMIRA.
The crowd began throwing stones at the police officers when they noticed them, which prompted the policemen to use tear gas.
When a furious mob attacked two police officers on Tuesday while they were damaging property in the Kemera region of Manga Sub County, Nyamira County, they were injured.
The suspect, who is being held by the police on suspicion of murder, had an enraged mob gather at his home, where they set fire to houses and destroyed goods.
The Moitunya Village locals were yelling and shouting when police personnel led by OCS Sengera Police Station-Manga David Kemboi hurried to the site to put an end to the violence.
The crowd began throwing stones at the police officers when they noticed them, which prompted the policemen to use tear gas.
Police accounts state that as the throng grew larger and more powerful, the officers were overwhelmed and had to shoot into the air to break up the gathering.
Rama Jumanne suffered cuts to his right thumb and shoulder in addition to bruises on his left hand, and Kenneth Njoroge, one of the two police officers, received bruises on his left elbow.
There were no injuries to civilians.
Along with other miscellaneous items and the suspect's about 2.9 million permanent home, the windscreen of the Manga Police Station Land Cruiser was damaged.
Manga sub-county police have started looking into the situation and have asked locals to keep calm as the investigating teams try to figure out what caused the disturbance.
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