Detectives have arrested a man who is alleged to have been involved in a physical attack on a police officer during anti-government protests in Bondo, Kisumu County.
According to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), the suspect identified as Sostine Otieno was part of goons who invaded Bondo Police Station armed with crude weapons including stones and catapults, slings, petrol bombs and other concealed weapons.
During the attack, the DCI says, the suspects seriously injured several police officers, maliciously destroyed property and robbed an anti-riot gun from a police officer.
“Already, one of the suspects (Sostine Otieno) captured in a phone recording attacking a police officer and leaving him sprawled on the tarmac before robbing him of his anti-riot gun (launcher) has been arrested and the gun recovered, as pursuit for his accomplices who have since been identified heightens,” said the DCI.
The injured officer is admitted in critical condition at a Bondo hospital.
“Most of the other officers and members of the public who were also injured in the attack have been discharged,” said the DCI.
