Police are investigating an incident where a suspect collapsed and died moments after he had been arrested and brought to the Mombasa’s Central police station.
Police
said Simon Warui, 35, was arrested in the city centre by police from the Urban division
for stealing by a servant following a complaint.
When
he was brought to the station on September 17, 2025, he reportedly
looked weak and worried, witnesses said.
It was
then that he requested to go for a call of nature. Police said he was shown
where the toilet was within the station cells.
While
in the toilet, police said they heard a loud sound and bang and rushed there
only to find Warui on the floor with blood oozing from his nose. An alarm was
raised within the station.
He was rushed to the hospital in the area, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
The
body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy and investigations, police
said.
Police said they had informed the Independent Policing Oversight Authority to take necessary action.
IPOA is supposed to investigate such incidents which occur in
police premises and in particular stations.
Past
such incidents have landed some police officers in trouble after it emerged the
victims were assaulted, leading to their deaths.
The
incidents are under investigation. Some are pending in courts.
Meanwhile, police in the Ziwani, Nairobi, are investigating
an incident where one Abednego Wambua was found dead in his house.
The man had been missing for days and was not responding to his calls.
He lived alone. This forced his neighbours to break down the door to his
house, where they found the body lying under a heap of clothes.
The body had no visible injuries when it was found, police
said.
The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy and
investigation.
Cases of sudden deaths have been on the rise amid efforts to solve them.
