Panic in Mombasa Law Courts As Suspect Snatches AK-47 Rifle from Court Orderlies, Threatens to Shoot

Panic gripped a Mombasa courtroom when a suspect snatched an AK-47 rifle from a prisons orderly and threatened to shoot everyone on sight.

Following fast intervention measures the suspect was overcome and swiftly disarmed.

According to a letter written to the Mombasa Law Courts chief magistrate and copied to the presiding judge Olga Sewe, the suspect whose matter was set to be heard in a court proceeding presided by principal magistrate Gladys Ollimo, grabbed a gun from a prison warden and tried to cock the gun to shoot inside the courtroom but he was overpowered.

The letter further states that the suspect was overpowered by court orderlies and the firearm taken away.

“I refer to the above-captioned matter and wish to inform you that this afternoon we had an unfortunate near shooting. The incident happened when an accused person grabbed a firearm and tried to shoot people around but was unable to cock the firearm to enchamber it,” the letter read in parts.

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The magistrate was later whisked away to her chambers.

—K24TV