MOMBASA, Kenya, Jan 10- A police officer died by suicide after blowing 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.
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.
This is the latest such incident to affect police in a series of incidents that are linked to mental health issues.
A counseling unit has been set up within the service to help the officers manage their affairs.
In late 2021, a police officer based in Kabete killed his wife and five other people with an AK 47 rifle.
In July 2021, a female officer grabbed national headlines after allegedly killing two men, including a colleague in a span of 24 hours.
Caroline Kangogo was later found dead.
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