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Police rescue woman held hostage by warder gone berserk

A prison warder Monday shot a woman in a public park and later held his wife and two children hostage for hours.

Meru County Commissioner Wilfred Nyagwanga said the 29-year-old Constable Douglas Asuma, who is based at the Kimitu GK Prison in Central, had earlier quarreled with the wife. Mr Nyagwanga said the warder had been chasing after her when he encountered a colleague with a gun which he snatched and started shooting. He missed the wife but the bullet hit a civilian, Catherine Muthoni Nyawira, 32, in the head.

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