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Drunk AP officer kills self while cleaning businessman’s pistol

By KNA May 15th, 2015 1 min read

An administration police officer died Friday morning after he shot himself in Ziwani estate, Nyahururu.

Administration Police Senior Sergeant Musa Kiplangat Barmassai reportedly shot himself at 3 a.m. while cleaning a Ceska pistol at a friend’s house.

Confirming the incident, Nyahururu DCIO Kavete Kulova said the pistol belonged to a Nairobi based businessman Papius Thuku Kinyua who is a licensed firearm holder.

He said the two had spent the entire night drinking at a bar in Nyahururu town before they decided to go to the businessman’s house in Ziwani estate at around 2:30 a.m.

While in the house, the two decided to clean the firearm belonging to the 67 year old businessman.

The DCIO said that due to his drunken state, the officer might have removed the magazine but left a bullet in the chamber which launched while dismantling it for cleaning.

“The bullet went through his palm and into his left thigh and he bled profusely for three hours before he succumbed to his injury,” he added.

Kulova said that the businessman tried to administer first aid unsuccessfully before calling a doctor from a private hospital who pronounced the officer dead at around 6 a.m.

He said that Thuku will be charged for tampering with his firearm while drunk.

“While visiting Nyahururu, Thuku should have surrendered his firearm at our armory since he did not have a safe in his Ziwani house,” he said.

The body was taken at the Nyahururu District Hospital Mortuary awaiting post mortem results.