Grade 2 pupil among two people killed after bandits attack Turkana village

Suspected bandits on Thursday evening attacked Napeitom village in Turkana East sub-county, killing two people among them a Grade 2 pupil.

According to Sylvester Lobuin, an ECD teacher at Napeitom Primary School, the group of about 20 armed bandits stormed the institution and started shooting aimlessly.

The school boy was hit and died on the spot, as another group of attackers also shot dead a middle-aged woman in the village.

The bandits are then said to have taken off with over 130 shoats (sheep and goats) and fled.

Turkana East Member of Parliament Ali Mohamed Lokiru condemned the incident terming it as unfortunate, further blaming the government for inadequately facilitating Napeitom Police Post.

"There are only 2 policemen in Napeitom, they were overpowered by bandits…we want the Inspector General of Police to intervene over this sporadic, well-calculated attacks that aims to scuttle the peace process," said the legislator.

Turkana County Commissioner Muthama Wambua, speaking to the press in Lodwar, said patrols have been intensified in Turkana South and East to pursue the bandits.

The bodies of the deceased are still lying at Napeitom awaiting transportation to Lodwar mortuary for postmortem.

The attack followed a similar one in Kainuk, Turkana South, in the wee hours of Wednesday night where over 3000 shoats were stolen and have not been recovered since.