By GPC News Desk
One Mombasa County enforcement officer was killed and two others injured after a group of armed men attacked a cess collection checkpoint in Likoni Sub-County early Monday morning.
The attackers, whose number was not immediately established, reportedly raided the checkpoint at around 3.40am at Barabara ya Mchanga, approximately three kilometres west of Inuka Police Station.
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According to a police incident report, officers on patrol heard gunshots coming from the checkpoint area and rushed to the scene, where they found county enforcement officers and police officers under attack.
The report indicated that the attackers were armed with crude weapons and overwhelmed the officers despite attempts to disperse them.
During the confrontation, the assailants reportedly seized an AK-47 rifle from a police officer, identified as Corporal Wilfred Amin, after inflicting deep cuts on his hand and shooting him in the left thigh.
The stolen firearm, an AK-47 rifle serial number 59011484, was loaded with 30 rounds of ammunition.
One county enforcement officer, identified as Omari Mzerera, died after sustaining a gunshot wound to the back, with the bullet exiting through his chest.
Another enforcement officer, Ali Kibuyi Buyi, sustained deep cuts to his head and right thigh, while a fourth officer, Bahiya Hassan, escaped without injuries.
“The officers were attacked by an unknown number of men armed with crude weapons,” the police report stated.
The injured officers were rushed to Dian Beach Hospital for treatment, while Mzerera’s body was taken to the Coast General mortuary after a doctor confirmed his death.
Senior security officials, including the Likoni Sub-County Police Commander, Deputy County Commissioner, Directorate of Criminal Investigations officers and the Inuka Officer Commanding Station, visited the scene.
Crime scene personnel also processed and documented the area as investigators launched a probe into the incident.
The case is being handled by DCI officers in Likoni as police pursue the attackers and seek to recover the stolen firearm and ammunition.
