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Originally published by Nation CountiesMarch 18, 2026
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Police manhunt for senior KWS officer after video shows him stabbing man
The man he stabbed had reportedly killed his relative...
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Police are hunting a senior Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) officer after a video emerged showing him fatally stabbing a man who had already been subdued outside a mosque in Tana River County.
- The victim, Ismael Abdi Osman Bayata, was reportedly experiencing mental health complications and had attacked several people before being restrained.
- The KWS officer, attached to the Garissa KWS office, allegedly killed Bayata in an act of revenge for stabbing his son, a bodaboda operator.
- Authorities are emphasizing that Bayata should have been arrested and assessed for mental status, not killed, despite his earlier violent actions.
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