TURKANA, Kenya, Jan 17- A senior policeman from General Service Unit was Sunday evening shot and killed by gunmen in Kapedo area, Turkana county in ongoing standoff between security officials and suspected bandits.
Three other officers were shot and wounded in the attack that happened at about 4 pm as the officers led a convoy of cars and responded to a distress call.
The deceased is a deputy head of operations at the General Service Unit in Nairobi and is a superintendent of police by rank.
He had gone there to oversee an ongoing operation against persistent bandits who have laid a siege in the area in the past weeks leaving a trail of destruction.
His colleagues and police headquarters said their landcruiser was ambushed as he led an armored personnel carrier to a scene where his other colleagues were under siege.
Other reports said there were at least three civilians who were killed in the same area in the drama.
Gunmen have in the past week laid a siege in the area causing a standoff for almost five days.
Hours before the ambush, they had laid a siege on a team officers from the Rapid Deployment Unit. The ambush happened at Ameyen area.
Police headquarters said an operation to get those behind the incident was ongoing.
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Other officers said troops of police had been mobilized and sent to the area to hunt down the gunmen believed to be from the area.
Last week, the gunmen had laid a siege on a school prompting an operation in the area.
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