Police in Laikipia have launched a manhunt for a General Service Unit (GSU) officer who shot dead his colleague on the afternoon of Tuesday, November 23, 2021.
Reports have since indicated that the officer is holed up somewhere inside the Laikipia Nature Conservancy.
According to Laikipia County Police Commander John Nyoike, the officer who is attached to Miteta GSU camp is said to have shot his colleague after an argument ensued between the two.
"A disagreement ensued between the two GSU constables over an unknown issue when one of them picked his rifle and opened fire, shooting the other one in the head. He killed him on the spot," he told the Nation.
"After the incident, the assailant picked up his belongings that were packed in a bag. He also picked up his rifle and fled towards the conservancy," he added.
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Nyoike further revealed that the officer shot indiscriminately at the GSU camp as he fled.
"We have dispatched a team of officers to pursue the attacker," he added.
The deceased's body was moved to the Nyahururu County Referral Hospital Mortuary.
In September, the government declared the Laikipia Nature Conservancy a disturbed zone due to the recent increase in banditry.
A dusk-to-dawn curfew has been imposed at the conservancy with various security officers drawn from the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF), GSU, Anti-Stock Theft Unit among others deployed there.
