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Ex-policeman linked to attacks in Kapedo shot dead

Security personnel on patrol in the Nginyang area of Baringo County on November 12, 2014 during an operation to recover guns stolen from administration police officers killed by bandits on the Kapedo-Lokori road. FILE PHOTO | JARED NYATAYA | NATION MEDIA GROUP

What you need to know:

  • Mr Lucas Majong Todong, was shot after he snatched an officer’s firearm and started fleeing.
  • He was taken to the Kabarnet hospital, where he died.

A former police officer suspected to be behind the October 2014 Kapedo attack in which three police officers and two civilians died was on Tuesday morning shot dead as he attempted to escape after being arrested.

Police said the suspect, Mr Lucas Majong Todong, was shot after he snatched an officer’s firearm and started fleeing.