Meria
Elder Lister
A police officer died by suicide after blowing up his head with a rifle he had been assigned to at the Makupa police lines, Mombasa.
Constable Jacob Masha used his G3 rifle to shoot himself inside his house Sunday night.
The motive of the incident is yet to be known.
Police said they heard a gunshot from the deceased officer’s house and when they checked they found it locked from inside.
It was then that they broke in and found the 32-year-old officer lying in a pool of blood having shot himself in the chin and the bullet exited through the forehead.
The body was moved to the mortuary.
Coast police boss Manasseh Musyoka said they are investigating the incident.
Constable Jacob Masha used his G3 rifle to shoot himself inside his house Sunday night.
The motive of the incident is yet to be known.
Police said they heard a gunshot from the deceased officer’s house and when they checked they found it locked from inside.
It was then that they broke in and found the 32-year-old officer lying in a pool of blood having shot himself in the chin and the bullet exited through the forehead.
The body was moved to the mortuary.
Coast police boss Manasseh Musyoka said they are investigating the incident.