Security officers have been accused of attacking residents and destroying property in an operation to recover guns thugs stole from a police post in Mumias on Tuesday. The operation to recover seven G3 rifles and 140 bullets were stolen when unknown people raided Booker Police Post in an attack that left one officer seriously injured. The residents claim the officers beat them up in the raid early yesterday during which they reportedly set property, including buildings, on fire and raped women. They beat her up and she is now admitted to Matungu sub-county hospital," said Mercy Adhiambo, a resident of Shibale. A nursing officer at Matungu hospital, Joan Khamala, said they attended to five people with various forms of injuries.

Source: Standard Digital November 24, 2016 19:50 UTC