
Police Officer Fatally Stabbed Outside Nairobi Bar As Another Escapes Mob Justice
On Saturday morning, a police officer was brutally stabbed to death in the parking lot of a bar in Nairobi’s Embakasi neighborhood after an altercation during the Kalenjin Night event.
The incident, which occurred around 4:50 a.m., caused shockwaves throughout the community and prompted a police investigation.
The victim, Constable Nicholas Koech, 30, was assigned to Jogoo House, Nairobi’s police headquarters.
According to the police OB, Koech’s lifeless body was found lying in a pool of blood with a deep stab wound on the right side of his neck.
The officer’s body was later moved to the Mama Lucy Hospital mortuary for a post-mortem examination.
The fatal stabbing occurred after a scuffle broke out among revelers leaving the bar.
The manager of the bar where the event was held reported the incident to the police, prompting officers to rush to the location.
When they arrived, they discovered Koech’s body and quickly secured the area for further investigation by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) in Embakasi, reports the OB.
Details about the altercation are unclear, as security personnel at the venue stated that they were unaware of what triggered the violent confrontation.
Authorities are now attempting to locate those responsible for the attack, who reportedly fled the scene before police arrived.
The investigation is ongoing, with detectives following leads to apprehend the perpetrators of the tragic incident.
In a separate incident, a police officer stationed at Makongeni Police Station in Nairobi narrowly avoided a violent mob’s wrath following a fatal accident on Lusaka Road on Friday evening.
The incident occurred at approximately 6:45 p.m., when the officer was driving an Isuzu NQR Canter towards City Stadium.
When the officer arrived at Lusaka Road, he collided with a male pedestrian, who died on the scene.
The situation quickly escalated as angry boda boda riders and members of the public confronted the officer, seeking their own version of justice.
During the chaos, a nearby police patrol team arrived just in time to rescue the officer from the mob.
He suffered injuries to his right elbow and multiple injuries to his back and was rushed to Huruma Nursing Home for medical treatment.
Police Officer Fatally Stabbed Outside Nairobi Bar As Another Escapes Mob Justice