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Siaya mob kills police inspector during chang’aa raid
The officer, identified as Inspector Simon Mwangi Kariuki, was part of a team of security personnel who had responded to intelligence reports that a woman alias Nyaseme was hiding several cartons of illicit liquor and cigarettes in her house at Oyude market in Rarieda sub-county.
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- The officer also lost a Ceska pistol, serial number G3182, that had an unknown amount of ammunition.
A crackdown on illicit brews in Siaya County on Wednesday night turned tragic after a police inspector was attacked and killed by an angry mob who also made away with his Ceska pistol, serial number G3182, that had an unknown amount of ammunition.
The officer, identified as Inspector Simon Mwangi Kariuki, was part of a team of security personnel who had responded to intelligence reports that a woman alias Nyaseme was hiding several cartons of illicit liquor and cigarettes in her house at Oyude market in Rarieda sub-county.
