A senior police officer based at Kisumu has been shot and killed after he shot and wounded a magistrate at the Makadara Law Courts in Nairobi.
The Makadara Principal Magistrate Monica Kivuti was shot in the court soon after she had delivered a ruling in a case involving the wife of the senior officer.
Police said the senior officer is an Officer Commanding Station in Kisumu.
He had travelled to Nairobi to attend to a case where his wife was a suspect and wanted to be released pending a hearing and determination of the case.
The court was sitting in a tent outside the main court precincts.
Nairobi police boss Adamson Bungei confirming the incident said that soon after the magistrate had ruled on the matter, the officer went behind the tent and shot her.
“Other officers who were present responded and shot the officer fatally wounding him,” said the police boss.
The Magistrate has since been rushed to hospital.
