A police officer attached to Malka-Ruka Police camp in Banisa, Mandera County committed suicide on Thursday.
It is alleged that constable Edwin Wesonga shot himself dead near a school located outside the camp, Daily Nation reports.
“It seems he placed the gun nozzle in his mouth before pulling the trigger because his head was blown off,” an officer attached to the camp highlighted.
He added that the constable used an AK 47 rifle to end his life.
Mandera County Police Commander Jeremiah Ole Kosiom affirmed that they were in the process of establishing what might have caused the officer to end his life since he didn't leave a suicide note.
However, he suspected that harsh environmental conditions might have led him to act the way he did.
“We suspect the harsh environmental conditions but we are providing counseling support to our officers in the various security camps," Kosiom noted.
He urged the officers to air out issues that were causing frustrations to them to avoid such incidences.
The fallen officer had only served at the camp for one year after his graduation at Kiganjo Police Training College.
