Two suspects were Monday, April, 10 arrested over the assault of an officer from the Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) in Malava, Kakamega County.
Kakamega North Sub County police commander Paul Mwenda confirmed the incident, adding that police launched investigations in pursuit of other suspects linked to the attack that happened on Saturday, April, 8 night.
According to reports, the detective was admitted to a private medical facility in Kakamega town in critical condition.
A detective leading the investigation revealed that the officer was attacked by two assailants while entering his home.
"Police are following all possible leads to ensure they recover the stolen pistol and the ammunition," stated a police officer who is leading the investigations.
The victim had two deep cuts on his head and another injury on his arm. The attackers made away with his Jericho Pistol with 15 bullets of fire ammunition.
Preliminary investigations linked the attack to the mobile phone forensic analysis that the detective was pursuing.
"The officer was coming from Nairobi DCI headquarters where he had gone to take some phones which he had taken for forensic analysis. We suspect the attackers are suspects in the case of phone smuggling that the DCIO was handling and they wanted to destroy the evidence and complicate the case," explained the investigating DCIO.
The detective also lost money and his mobile phone during the Saturday night incident.
The suspects will be arraigned in court to answer to charges of robbery with violence and attempted murder.
On February, Monday, 27 a traffic police officer was killed while on duty in Mombasa. Initial reports indicated that another cop was killed by protesters before it emerged that he was ran over by a police vehicle while containing mass protests in Kisumu.
Ahead of Easter holiday, Police Inspector General Japhet Koome warned Kenyans against breaking the law, and assured them of their safety during festivities.
"As we enter the Easter Holiday, it is expected that there will be heavy traffic on our roads across the Country, and vacated homes," Koome's statement read in part.
