A Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) soldier has shot and killed a woman alleged to be his girlfriend before turning the gun on himself in Nanyuki.
Laikipia County Criminal Investigation Officer (CCIO) Onesmus Towett in his statement said a neighbor reported the incident after which the police responded but found the door locked from inside.
The neighbor, Maximila Wairimu said she alerted the police after she heard gunshots from the KDF soldier’s house on Thursday night around 9:30pm.
Emmanuel Walugu Onyango had locked the door from the inside before committing the saddening act.
The police broke the door.
Upon entering, the police realized Walugu lay on the floor, after he had shot himself in the chin with an AK-47 rifle, with an exit wound on the back of his head.
The KDF soldier was still in his military uniform when he was rushed to the Nanyuki Teaching and Referral Hospital where he was pronounced dead upon arrival.
The Onesmus Towett added that, on the floor, lay a lifeless Immaculate Mwende Mwirigi in a pool of her own blood, her body bearing several bullet wounds.
Investigations into what led to the incident are ongoing.
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