— Reuters picNAIROBI, July 30 — At least one assailant stormed into the home of Kenya's Deputy President William Ruto yesterday and injured a policeman, less than two weeks before the country votes in high-stakes polls, the police and security sources said. A gunman and a police officer were killed in an attack on Deputy President William Ruto’s residence in the western Kenyan town of Eldoret, a senior administrator said on Sunday. A spokesman for Ruto declined to comment but the security official said the deputy president had left the house shortly before the attack to attend rallies alongside President Uhuru Kenyatta, his running mate who faces a tight re-election contest on August 8 against longtime opposition leader Raila Odinga. "Other officers were quickly mobilised and the intruder was forced to hide at a building that is still under construction next to the gate," Kenya's police chief Joseph Boinnet said in a statement.
A man wielding a machete attacks the home of Kenya's Deputy President William Ruto, injuring one guard, 10 days before national elections. Ruto and his family were not home at the time. The assailant fled to a farm complex, reportedly hiding in an unfinished building. There are other media reports that gunmen also struck the home.