Tension gripped Makongeni, Thika Town, on Sunday morning after a police officer shot and killed two boda boda riders in a confrontation following a road accident near Makongeni Police Station.
According to witnesses, the officer, who is attached to the local station, knocked down a rider and his pillion passenger in what police later described as a "non-injury accident." The officer reportedly blamed the rider for making a wrong move and drove off in his private Audi saloon car, saying no harm had been caused.
However, other boda boda riders felt the officer was in the wrong and pursued him a few meters ahead, forcing him to stop.
The officer, sensing danger from the crowd, stepped out of his car armed.
