
MACHAKOS, Kenya, May 4 – An inmate at the Kangundo prison has been shot dead by a prison officer.
Kangundo OCPD Benjamin Ongombe says the inmate tried to grab an AK-47 gun that the officer had when he was being transferred to Machakos GK prison Saturday morning.
Ongombe says the inmate turned hostile forcing the prison officer to shoot him.
His body was taken to the Kangundo hospital mortuary.