{"id":124267,"date":"2025-11-06T13:09:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T13:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/11\/06\/manhunt-launched-after-4-robbery-with-violence-suspects-escape-from-wamba-police-cells-in-samburu\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T13:09:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T13:09:08","slug":"manhunt-launched-after-4-robbery-with-violence-suspects-escape-from-wamba-police-cells-in-samburu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/manhunt-launched-after-4-robbery-with-violence-suspects-escape-from-wamba-police-cells-in-samburu\/","title":{"rendered":"Manhunt Launched After 4 Robbery with Violence Suspects Escape from Wamba Police Cells in Samburu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>SAMBURU, Kenya, Nov 6 \u2013 Police in Wamba, Samburu County, have launched a manhunt for five suspects who escaped from custody early Wednesday morning under unclear circumstances.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to a police report, the escape occurred at Wamba Police Station, where the suspects were being held on various charges. <\/p>\n<p>Police said one inmate shouted that a fellow prisoner had collapsed inside a cell that was holding fifteen suspects.<\/p>\n<p>When the report office personnel opened the cell door to check, the inmates overpowered him, forcefully pushing the door open, knocking him down, and fleeing in different directions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a result, the officer sustained soft tissue injuries on the right side of the head, hand, and knee,\u201d the report stated.<\/p>\n<p>Another officer, who was returning his firearm to the armoury, reportedly fired two rounds from his AK-47 rifle in an attempt to stop the escape, but the suspects managed to evade capture.<\/p>\n<p>The fugitives have been identified as Lengida Lekila, Joseph Lokolol, and Lunchan Lesamana, all charged with robbery with violence, and Jackson Lesurmati, who faced charges of illegal possession of ammunition.<\/p>\n<p>Police have since mounted a manhunt to trace and re-arrest the escapees.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have deployed a multi-agency team to pursue the escapees. We urge members of the public to provide any information that may assist in their arrest,\u201d the report stated..<\/p>\n<p>Preliminary investigations suggest the suspects may have broken the cell door using improvised tools, though police have not ruled out the possibility of internal collusion.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities have since launched an internal probe into how the suspects managed to flee from the station without being detected.<\/p>\n<p>The Wamba incident adds to a series of jailbreaks reported in various parts of the country in recent months, raising concerns over the state of security in police holding facilities.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SAMBURU, Kenya, Nov 6 \u2013 Police in Wamba, Samburu County, have launched a manhunt for five suspects who escaped from custody early Wednesday morning under unclear circumstances. According to a police report, the escape occurred at Wamba Police Station, where the suspects were being held on various charges. Police said one inmate shouted that a [&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-124267","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\/124267","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=124267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124267\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}