KFS rangers on patrol intercepted two men suspected to have been illegally logging inside South Laikipia Forest.
They were reported to have been preparing firewood from the trees they had cut down.
The suspect who had escaped is reported to have returned with “reinforcements” of bodaboda riders.
Two of the youths, including the one who was in custody were shot in the confrontation.
Two people were Wednesday evening allegedly shot dead by Kenya Forest Service (KFS) officers in Gatarakwa, Nyeri County following a confrontation over firewood.
Police reports say that two KFS rangers were also injured, one by a bullet, in the confrontation with local youth in the incident which has elicited protests.
