A police officer attached to State House is nursing injuries he sustained after being attacked while exiting a bar he had visited.
A statement recorded on the night of Tuesday, August 31, at Kilimani Police Station indicates that the officer, Benard Kipngetich, sustained minor injuries after he was attacked near the regional police headquarters' main gate.
The officer had gone for refreshments at Siego Area bar when he was accosted by unknown people.
Speaking to Kenyans.co.ke, an officer attached to Kilimani Police Station confirmed that the two individuals approached the officer with the aim of robbing him.
"It was reported through control room Nairobi at around 2330hrs, that there was a police officer injured at the Regional police headquarters main gate."
"While exiting the bar, he was accosted by two unknown persons who wanted to rob him of his valuables where he resisted and he was assaulted and sustained injuries on the forehead slightly above the neck, a deep cut between ring finger and the little finger," read the statement in part.
Kipngetich is a General Service Unit (GSU) 'G' COY officer attached to State House, Nairobi and was on annual leave when the incident happened.
After the incident, the officer sought assistance from regional police headquarters where the duty officer at Kilimani was called upon and escorted him to a city hospital in Hurlingham.
He was treated and discharged shortly after.
"The alleged people who assaulted him are not known to him. Nothing was stolen from him and he sustained slight injuries. He was just treated and discharged," the Kilimani Police Station officer confirmed to Kenyans.co.ke.
Cases of assault targeting police officers have been on the rise in recent months with the latest having occurred on Monday, August 30.
In the incident that took place in Nyeri, thugs broke into the house of Senior Deputy Inspector General, King’ori Mwangi, tied up his house help and stole a gun and valuables in a eight-hour ordeal.
