Kenyan Police Rage, Shoot Dead Wife And Five People, Then Commit Suicide

JAKARTA - A Kenyan police officer on Tuesday went on a rampage in the capital Nairobi, shooting dead six people, and then shooting himself dead.

The policeman initially shot his wife dead in their home before doing the same to five other people using the official weapon, an AK-47 rifle.

The police did not mention the reason that made the police go berserk.

"The police concerned ... shot people and killed five people, including two boda boda (motorbike) riders, and one person died while undergoing treatment," the police said in the report. .

Francis Wahome, the police officer in charge of the Daegoretti area in Nairobi, confirmed the shooting and the death toll, but gave no further details. Residents at the scene of the shooting then set fire to tires on the streets in protest against the violence, a person said. witness.

This deadly act by the police is not the first time this has happened in Kenya.

In an incident in 2010, a police officer in Siakago City, 120 kilometers northeast of Nairobi, shot dead 10 people, including two of his colleagues.