A Kenyan police constable identified as Michael Siwalo with service number 116272, committed suicide on Friday May 15 after shooting his wife following a domestic dispute.
The police constable from Buuri West in Meru County shot his wife Silvia Ramat Letei in the stomach at about 6:15pm before turning the gun on himself. The incident reportedly occurred at their residence in Panama area, Timau Township in Meru County.
A statement released by the police revealed that Letei who is in a critical condition was taken to Nanyuki Teaching and Referral Hospital.
The police report filed under OB Number 38/15/5/2020, reads;
“Police proceeded to the scene and found the officer’s wife seated against the wall near the main door. She was in a lot of pain, and was bleeding [profusely].
“The officers [who rushed to the scene] also entered the couple’s bedroom, where they found police constable Michael Siwalo lying dead with a gunshot wound in the chest.
“The couple’s bedroom was disorganised, suggesting there was a struggle before the shooting.”
Siwalo had been allocated the firearm, an AK-47 with 30 rounds of ammunition by 6pm “in preparation for curfew duties”.
The police report added;
“The said-rifle was recovered in the bedroom with a magazine loaded with 27 rounds of ammunition and one in the chamber. Also recovered from the scene, are two cartridges.”