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A police officer from the Diplomatic Police Unit was robbed in the early hours of Sunday, November 3, in the Kiambaa area, Kiambu County. According to a police report accessed by Citizen Digital, Officer Stanley Kipterer had left his residence in the Bypass area near Ruaka at around 4:30 a.m. to head to work.
The Diplomatic Police Unit (DPU) is a specialized team responsible for providing security to diplomats and members of the diplomatic community. While in Kiambaa, Kipterer stopped to deposit Ksh.1,500 at a local Mpesa shop when three unidentified men ambushed him. The assailants struck him on the head with a blunt object and stabbed him in the upper torso.
The attackers made off with the Ksh.1,500 and Kipterer’s Samsung A23 mobile phone before fleeing the scene. Passersby discovered the officer injured on the roadside and rushed him to Nairobi West Hospital, where he is reported to be in stable condition.