15 students injured after bandits assaulted 3 school buses
Fifteen Tot High School students are being treated at the Kapsowar Mission Hospital after armed bandits assaulted their school bus convoy along the Tot - Arror road in Elgeyo Marakwet County.
The students were ambushed as they were returning from a school trip, on the evening of Thursday, February 17, 2022.
Elgeyo Marakwet County Police Commander Patrick Lumumba told the media that at team of officers were tracking down the bandits.
Recovery efforts are ongoing and the students have been taken to various health facilities in Kerio Valley and those with serious injuries referred to Kapsowar Mission Hospital,” he said.
During the attack, one of the school bus drivers was shot dead. Two teachers suffered multiple gunshot wounds and are in critical condition.
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