Kitengela: Policeman Dies after Colleague Throws Him off Storey Building in Fight over Girlfriend
- A scuffle involving two policemen in Kitengela ended tragically after one died following a push from a storey building
- Sergeant Abubakar Said is said to have pushed police constable Manasseh Ithiru from an apartment after a fight over a woman
- Ithiru died on the spot; Abubakar was arrested and booked at the Kitengela Police Station as investigators began their work
Police in Kitengela have arrested their colleague after a tragic fight with a colleague over a woman.
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Sergeant Abubakar Said is being detained at the Kitengela Police Station after pushing Constable Manasseh Ithiru following their fight over a woman.
How love triangle ended Kitengela policeman's life
According to police, the duo caught up with each other in the house of a woman they were both seeing romantically.
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The officers at Kitengela Police Station were notified of the tragedy by a boda boda rider who had carried Ithiru to the 27-year-old woman's apartment.
A statement from the police showed that Ithiru arrived earlier; the woman has been identified as Irene Wavinya.
Moments later, Abubakar arrived unannounced.
A fight erupted between them, after which Ithiru was overpowered and pushed off the apartment through the balcony.
"It is believed that a scuffle ensued between the two officers over the lady, whereby the deceased was overpowered and thrown from the house through the balcony, where he met his death. The scene was processed and documented by CSI personnel from Kitengela, and the body had multiple injuries, including the head. The body has been moved to Shalom Hospital mortuary, awaiting postmortem. Two suspects No 232870 Sgt Abubakar Said and Irene Wavinya Nzioka, a Kamba female adult aged 27 years, are held in police custody assisting the police with investigation," the police reported seened by TUKO.co.ke read.
Ababubakar was attached to the Export Processing Zone (EPZ) in Kitengela.
He was arrested alongside Wavinya as they commenced their investigations.
Where was Manasseh Ithiru's body taken?
The officers took the body, which had multiple injuries, to the Shalom Hospital morgue.
The incident happened days after another tragic one in Kitui county involving a member of the National Police Service.
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How Kitui police officer ended 2 women's lives
The tragedy unfolded on Sunday, July 3, when a police officer stationed at Kanyonyoo Police Station allegedly shot and killed his girlfriend and another woman in Kitui county.
The suspect, identified as Police Constable Bernard Siambe, was reportedly on duty at the report desk but left the station with an AK-47 rifle loaded with 30 rounds.
According to eyewitness accounts, Siambe stormed Password Bar and confronted his girlfriend, Joy Mutisya, who was interacting with friends.
When she sensed danger and fled to a nearby residence owned by Janet Ndanu, the officer pursued her.
He allegedly entered the house and fatally shot both Mutisya and her friend, Judy.
Following the shooting, a concerned citizen alerted the station’s commander.
Senior officers from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) in Lower Yatta and Kitui responded to the scene, where they recovered three spent cartridges of 7.62mm ammunition.
The suspect later contacted his OCS, disclosed the location of the weapon, and escaped into a nearby thicket; a manhunt for him was later launched.
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