Police officer arrested in thicket after fatal shooting of colleague at Kitui Training Camp
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A police officer suspected of fatally shooting a colleague at the Wikithuki Boarder Patrol Unit (BPU) Training Camp in Tseikuru, Kitui County was arrested hours after the incident.
The suspect, identified as constable Hussein Yussuf Ali, was arrested on Monday, October 26, 2026, after instructors pursued him into a thorny bush approximately three kilometres from the scene of the shooting.
Police said the suspect was tracked down and arrested before being escorted to Tseikuru Police Station.
The arrest follows a fatal shooting incident at the training camp on Sunday, October 25, whose circumstances remain under investigation.