{"id":174490,"date":"2024-04-24T05:39:09","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T05:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/24\/man-goes-berserk-at-police-station-severs-officers-finger-with-machete-and-wounds-another\/"},"modified":"2024-04-24T05:39:09","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T05:39:09","slug":"man-goes-berserk-at-police-station-severs-officers-finger-with-machete-and-wounds-another","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/24\/man-goes-berserk-at-police-station-severs-officers-finger-with-machete-and-wounds-another\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Goes Berserk at Police Station, Severs Officer&#8217;s Finger with Machete and Wounds Another"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-312320\" alt=\"\" width=\"711\" height=\"458\"  data-lazy- src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/nyaka.jpg\"\/><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-312320\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/nyaka.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"711\" height=\"458\"  \/>Police in Murang\u2019a have arrested a 59-year-old man for attacking two officers with a Machete.<\/p>\n<p>Reports indicate that the suspect identified as Paul Gitonga stormed the Nyakahura Police Post in Kangema sub-county to report a land dispute with a neighbor.<\/p>\n<p>However, while Officer James Gitonga was guiding him in resolving the matter, the suspect allegedly pulled out a hidden panga and attacked the officer.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cHe abruptly removed the panga he had hidden and aimed it at the head of the officer,\u201d<\/em> a police report indicated.<\/p>\n<p>Using his hand as a shield, officer Gitonga had his middle finger chopped off and the second finger severely cut. The suspect also attacked a second officer, John Kimathi, slashing him on the hand and chest.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAfter the assault, the assailant ran away and a chase ensued. In the process, the suspect turned to another officer identified as John Kimathi and severely cut him on the left hand and the right side of the chest,\u201d<\/em> the police report added.<\/p>\n<p>The two officers were rushed to a private hospital in Murang\u2019a for treatment, while the suspect was subdued and detained awaiting arraignment in court.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-312319\" alt=\"\" width=\"369\" height=\"594\"  data-lazy- src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/nyakahura.jpg\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-312319\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/nyakahura.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"369\" height=\"594\"  \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police in Murang\u2019a have arrested a 59-year-old man for attacking two officers with a Machete. Reports indicate that the suspect identified as Paul Gitonga stormed the Nyakahura Police Post in Kangema sub-county to report a land dispute with a neighbor. However, while Officer James Gitonga was guiding him in resolving the matter, the suspect allegedly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":174491,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-174490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-kenya-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Man Goes Berserk at Police Station, Severs Officer&#039;s Finger with Machete and Wounds Another - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/24\/man-goes-berserk-at-police-station-severs-officers-finger-with-machete-and-wounds-another\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Man Goes Berserk at Police Station, Severs Officer&#039;s Finger with Machete and Wounds Another - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Police in Murang\u2019a have arrested a 59-year-old man for attacking two officers with a Machete. 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