A senior police officer was Thursday shot and killed after he shot and wounded a magistrate at the Makadara Law Courts in Nairobi.
The Makadara Principal Magistrate Monica Kivuti was shot in the court soon after she had delivered a ruling in a case involving the wife of the senior officer.
Police said the senior officer is an Officer Commanding Station in Kisumu.
He had travelled to Nairobi to attend to a case where his wife was a suspect and wanted to be released pending a hearing and determination of the case.
The court was sitting in a tent outside the main court precincts.
Soon after the magistrate had ruled on the matter, the officer went behind the tent and shot her, Nairobi police boss Adamson Bungei said.
“Other officers who were present responded and shot the officer fatally wounding him,” he said.
Reportedly, the accused appeared in court in a fraud case. She told the court that she had severally failed to appear in court since she was suffering from cancer.
The magistrate, however, cancelled her bond for skipping court sessions and she ordered that she be remanded until June 27.
This prompted the accused to call her husband who came in range while armed.
Another member of the public was injured in the drama.
Both the magistrate and the other victim were rushed to hospital in serious condition after the 2 pm incident.
DCIO detectives have arrived at the Makadara Law Courts and cordoned off the area.
Court activities lined up for the day have been suspended.
