How tourist's attack on Diani police exposes foreigner's ills

A viral video of a Dutch national snorting at a police officer in Diani Police Station has sparked outrage among netizens who are demanding his arrest, prosecution and jailing in the country.

In the video, the Dutch, Elwin Ter Horst, is seen provoking two police officers at the reporting section, hurling abuse, blowing his nose at the officer and physically attacking him.

The female and male officers remained calm despite the provocation and irritation from Horst, who demanded the officers to leave the police station, claiming it was his private office.

According to the police, Horst who appeared intoxicated was arrested for assaulting his Kenyan girlfriend at a cottage in Diani and was being booked at the station when he went berserk.

The Dutch is heard using profane language while ordering the officers around. It was not clear who recorded he video as the tourist hurled abuses and physically attack the officers.

“He is my employee, and you shut the **** up. Go there; I don’t want to see your ugly face anymore. You are an orangutan, not a cool guy; you are an *****. I want you to leave right now; get out of my office,” Horst is head in the clip telling a police man.

He goes on to sarcastically request for the officer’s shirt to wipe his face after he blew his nose on the officer and also calls him a loser.

At the time, while dressed in a light blue shirt and dark blue shorts, he is seen pacing around the police reporting and booking area freely without any restraint on.

At one point Horst confronts the person recording him and demands he stop, even challenging him to a fight.

“Who the **** are you, bro? You want to go against me? Come on, I’ll hit you. Stop filming me right now. I am going to

Later in the morning, Horst is seen sober and humble while he is escorted into a police vehicle while wearing a pink t-shirt with a black backpack. He also has his purple suitcase.

Horst said that he suffered psychosis and had not eaten food or taken water for a long time.

The Dutch national said that he was suffering from stress that caused him to lose his mental composure on the day of the incident.

“I had a psychosis; I need my medicine… I did not have water and food for a long time,” Horst further stated, identifying himself as ‘Mufasa’.

He expressed apologies for his actions, expressing regret and his desire to remain in Kenya. The

“My apology for shouting and misbehaving.  I call on help from the people of Kenya. I am Mufasaa. I want to stay here to live and invest in this country. I have just applied for an investor permit. I want to do business here and help people of Kenya. I will have respect, I promise,” said Horst after the journalist probed why he misbehaved.

Horst had been detained at the station on Tuesday evening while drunk and was expected to be arraigned in court to answer to charges of assault, malicious damage to property, creating a disturbance, and possession of narcotics. 

It was also established that he was staying in the country illegally, as his passport had expired.

Msambweni Police Commander Robinson Langat strongly condemned the act of abuse, warning foreign nationals who violate Kenyan laws that strict legal action will be taken against them.

The police said that Horst assaulted his girlfriend, Angela Atieno, who was rescued by the caretaker.

Police were forced to use a backdoor after he declined to open the door despite persuasion.

Langat said that Horst maliciously damaged property at the hotel and was found with substances suspected to be cocaine.

“He turned violent at the police station, where he spat and blew mucus at the officer,” said Langat.

The police said he will be charged with trafficking narcotic drugs, assault, malicious damage to property, creating a disturbance and being unlawfully in Kenya with an expired visa.

Horst's case is not an isolated case. On September 2, 2025, two German nationals holding tourist visas were arrested while at the bhang plantation in Diani.

Diani police have recorded cases of tourists and foreigners caught with various misdemeanour cases ranging from assault to intoxication, with some ending up dead in the cells.

In 2012, the son of British aristocrat Lord Nicholas Monson was declared dead upon spending a night at Diani police over illegal possession of cannabis during a night out.

Alexander Monsoon, the only son of the aristocrat, died with injuries to his head, with a medical report concluding he suffered a blunt force to the head. It was unclear if he sustained the injuries in the cell or during an altercation with a bouncer at Tanduri nightclub.

In the case, four officers were jailed for between nine and 15 years.

The German nationals, identified as Wegener Geb Sikora, 66 years old, and Heck Klaus Edmund, 69 years old, were arrested alongside 26-year-old Anastasia Wangare at a residence in the Romika area of Mwabungo Village in Diani, Kwale County.

The Germans had converted their residence into a fully operational cannabis grow house.

On April 16, 2025, two Belgian teenagers were charged with wildlife piracy after they were found with thousands of ants packed in test tubes in what Kenyan authorities said was part of a trend in trafficking smaller and lesser-known species.

 Lornoy David, 19,and Seppe Lodewijckx were arrested on April 5 with 5,000 ants at a guest house in Nairobi.

They told the magistrate they were collecting the ants for fun and did not know that it was illegal.

Also, a Vietnamese, Duh Hung Nguyen, and Dennis Ng’ang’a were charged with being in possession of 400 ants.

In Diani a tourist identified as Frank was seen physically abusing his dog and dragging it into a supermarket while abusing people. He was later arrest