Four police officers foiled a bandit attack after armed raiders launched an offensive along the Ndonyo Wasin – Sereolipi Road in Samburu county.
According to the DCI, the raiders who were about 50 ambushed a convoy of vehicles on Wednesday coming from Ndonyo Wasin market.
They did this as they targeted herds of cattle that were being ferried in lorries from the market.
Little did the bandits know that a contingent of police officers based at Sere-Olipi police station was escorting the vehicles.
“Immediately the raiders opened fire to stop the convoy, the officers jumped from their vehicle and responded to the provocation,” the DCI said.
According to the DCI, the suspects tilted their fire towards the police vehicle and fired back fiercely, missing the driver by inches.
“This prompted the commander to deploy the gunner on duty, who was in possession of a general purpose machine gun and sufficient ammunition,” he said.
“What followed was an avalanche of fire as the gunner unleashed the machine’s firepower, clearing all the bushes used by the thugs for cover and exposing the over 50 bandits armed with AK-47 rifles.”
“The bandits took flight in different directions some leaving their firearms behind, as the worried cattle rattled inside the lorries. An unknown number of bandits were fatally wounded following the attack,” the DCI said.
Thankfully, the officers escaped the attack unscathed and escorted the cattle safely to their owners.
