{"id":108059,"date":"2025-01-18T13:05:06","date_gmt":"2025-01-18T13:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/01\/18\/police-officer-loses-hand-in-violent-narok-protest-over-livestock-deaths\/"},"modified":"2025-01-18T13:05:06","modified_gmt":"2025-01-18T13:05:06","slug":"police-officer-loses-hand-in-violent-narok-protest-over-livestock-deaths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/police-officer-loses-hand-in-violent-narok-protest-over-livestock-deaths\/","title":{"rendered":"Police officer loses hand in violent Narok protest over livestock deaths"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 18 \u2014 A police officer based in Narok is recovering from serious injuries after his hand was chopped off during a violent protest by residents of Duka Moja.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred along the Narok-Kisii road as police attempted to restore order after locals blocked the road for hours. The protest erupted following an incident on Thursday night in which a Toyota Prado, en route to Kisii, hit and killed over 40 sheep.<\/p>\n<p>The demonstrators, enraged by the loss, attacked two police officers dispatched to the scene. <\/p>\n<p>One officer was brutally assaulted, his arm severed, and his firearm stolen. <\/p>\n<p>According to witnesses, residents chased the officer as he fled, beating him with clubs and machetes before chopping off his hand.<\/p>\n<p>Three residents were reportedly killed during clashes with police as officers tried to disperse the crowd and clear the sheep carcasses from the road.<\/p>\n<p>Protesters accused the police of attempting to interfere with evidence, alleging that they had been bribed. <\/p>\n<p>They resisted efforts to clear the road, demanding that Narok Governor Patrick ole Ntutu visit the scene and witness their losses firsthand.<\/p>\n<p>The injured officer was airlifted to Nairobi for treatment, while police have launched investigations to recover the stolen firearm.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities have yet to comment on the fatalities, but tensions remain high in the area as the community awaits action from the county government.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 18 \u2014 A police officer based in Narok is recovering from serious injuries after his hand was chopped off during a violent protest by residents of Duka Moja. The incident occurred along the Narok-Kisii road as police attempted to restore order after locals blocked the road for hours. The protest erupted following [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108059"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108059\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}