Police in Kenya have been granted 14 days to hold a man accused of stabbing a guard to death on Monday morning outside the presidential office in Nairobi
The investigating officer on Tuesday asked to court for more time as the suspect is due to undergo a mental health assessment
Police said the man walked to the state house, man gay disguised as a homeless person and fatally shot a security officer with a bow and arrow
The suspect claimed to have been sent by the devil. There are different accounts of what may have happened
If those guys knew each other, we do not know. So for me, that's an isolated event
And it is good that our police were quick to apprehend the suspect
The attack is widely seen as a major security failure, as the presidential palace is one of the most heavily guarded locations in Kenya
When people are allowed to loiter around such secure facilities like Statehouse
that's really a lapse in terms of our security and it definitely must be beefed up yes
The Kenyan president's office and homes are guarded by an elite police squad
President William Ruto was on the premises during the attack. The suspect appeared in court on Tuesday visibly limping
A judge said he should first be taken to a hospital for treatment after he claimed to have sustained a leg fracture during the assault