Police have arrested a man for threatening to kill another man and cut him into small pieces.

Serious crimes detectives arrested the man identified as Amar Dilip Shah was arrested along General Mathenge Street in Nairobi.

Before Shah was arrested, he attacked and engaged the arresting officer in hand-to-hand combat while he was trying to resist arrest.

The detective inspector of police, who is experienced in martial arts quickly neutralised the situation and subdued Shah with little effort.

Shah was placed in police custody and processed before being arraigned in court.

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He faces charges of threatening to kill contrary to section 223 (1) of the Penal Code. 

The police advised members of the public to note that assaulting a police officer, resisting or wilfully obstructing a police officer in the due execution of his duties attracts a fine not exceeding Sh1 million or imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years, or both.