Police Officers on Sunday, October 3, 2021, gunned down a criminal gang leader in Nairobi as he carried out attacks on residents of Dandora, robbing them at gunpoint.
According to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), two of his accomplices managed to flee the scene with gunshot wounds.
The suspect who was felled by the sleuths could not be immediately identified as he had no identification with him.
File image of a Kenyan Police officer with a gun. |Photo| Courtesy|
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"In the wee hours today morning, detectives received a distress call through our #FichuakwaDCI hotline, that a marauding gang had staged a robbery in Harmony area, where the gang was attacking innocent residents with reckless abandon," the DCI tweeted.
"The call was actioned to our Dandora based sleuths who responded on time, just as the thugs were attacking a woman who was headed home. The cornered thugs whose party had just been ruined, opened fire towards the fast advancing officers as they fled the scene," DCI added.
The detectives overpowered the thugs, fatally wounding the leader of the gang.
His accomplices could not counter the 'heat' and resorted to escape. They dived into a sewer channel and swum through the sludge towards Njiru.
The DCI has since revealed that detectives are hot on their trail.
Meanwhile, the woman who had been attacked by the thugs was escorted home by the officers. Luckily, she did not suffer any injuries.
The scene was visited by top DCI & police commanders from Buruburu police division and was processed by crime scene detectives.
