6 arraigned in connection to raiding, torching police station

Meru, 

Thursday, 14 December, 2023 

McCreadie Andias 

Six suspects have been arraigned to court in connection to multiple crimes including breaking into a police station and torching it down enabling suspects held in custody to escape. 

The six David Kaberia Kobia, Felix Kimathi Mutheria, Benard Mutuma alias Toto, Pius Ntongai, Eliud Mukiri Kalatu and Erastus Mwenda Kaibutia were today arranged at Maua Law Courts in Meru after police concluded investigations linking them to the felonies. 

According to the police, the six broke into a police armoury on December 6 2023 and stole a loaded AK47 rifle, Armed with the stolen rifle held by Erastus Mwenda, the mob proceeded to Muringene Police Station where they subdued the officers and aided the escape of all the prisoners, before destroying all the station's stationeries and furniture, then shattered window panes of the police line and the chief's office.

The six main suspects are believed to have incited over 500 mourners at a 16-year-old boy's funeral in Muringene, Igembe Central, to raid Antubeiga Police Post. 

During the investigations, the stolen rifle amongst others tools of crime were recovered from the suspects.

When the suspects were arraigned for plea-taking today, detectives established that Bernard Mutuma Toto, Felix Kimathi and Eliud Mukiri are all accomplices in the pending murder case at Meru High Court, and that Felix and Toto have been on the run. They will as well be presented to the High Court.

Meanwhile, Maua Law Courts denied a bond request by the six suspects, scheduling the case mention for January 10, 2024.