{"id":123009,"date":"2025-10-13T13:11:47","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T13:11:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/10\/13\/man-sent-by-satan-spears-ruto-guard-to-death-outside-state-house\/"},"modified":"2025-10-13T13:11:47","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T13:11:47","slug":"man-sent-by-satan-spears-ruto-guard-to-death-outside-state-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/man-sent-by-satan-spears-ruto-guard-to-death-outside-state-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Man \u2018sent by Satan\u2019 spears Ruto guard to death outside State House"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 13 \u2014 A General Service Unit (GSU) officer guarding State House, Nairobi, was on Monday killed in a shocking spear attack outside Gate D, prompting a brief security lockdown as President William Ruto was inside the compound.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Police said the 56-year-old assailant approached the checkpoint carrying a sack before producing a spear and fatally stabbing the officer in the chest. Colleagues at the scene quickly subdued and arrested him.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect told officers he had been \u201csent by Satan,\u201d according to officials familiar with early investigations. The motive for the attack remains unclear.<\/p>\n<p>The slain officer, attached to the GSU\u2019s elite G Company, was pronounced dead on arrival at Kenyatta National Hospital, having lost a significant amount of blood. His identity has been withheld pending notification of next of kin.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Reinforced measures <\/h2>\n<p>Kilimani Sub-County Police Commander Patricia Yegon and DCI Kilimani boss Hussein Mahat visited both the scene and the hospital as homicide detectives launched a full investigation. The suspect remains in custody and is being interrogated.<\/p>\n<p>Gate D\u2014one of the entrances used by members of the public during scheduled visits\u2014serves as a security screening point before access to the State House precincts.<\/p>\n<p>Following the incident, officers intensified security checks and reinforced all entry points.<\/p>\n<p>President Ruto was inside the premises at the time of the attack and was scheduled to leave later for an official engagement in Konza City, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Preliminary reports indicate the attacker posed as a member of the street families and had concealed the weapon inside the sack. He allegedly hid briefly behind a flower bed before launching the assault as officers inspected a vehicle entering the compound.<\/p>\n<p>Police have appealed for patience as they review CCTV footage and witness accounts to determine the suspect\u2019s movements and possible accomplices. <\/p>\n<p>An autopsy and forensic assessments are expected to guide murder charges.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 13 \u2014 A General Service Unit (GSU) officer guarding State House, Nairobi, was on Monday killed in a shocking spear attack outside Gate D, prompting a brief security lockdown as President William Ruto was inside the compound. Police said the 56-year-old assailant approached the checkpoint carrying a sack before producing a spear [&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-123009","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\/123009","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=123009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123009\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}