Written By Vanessa Kariuki ||
Following a bloody confrontation involving officers stationed at Njiru in Nairobi and three armed gangsters on a robbery expedition, two armed miscreants were killed on Tuesday afternoon.
“The hawk-eyed officers who were on routine patrol along Kangudo road in an unmarked vehicle, had noticed a suspicious motorbike at Shujaa area whose pillion passengers were preying on their next victim,” said DCI.
“They immediately intercepted the bike at Kobil gas station and the in-charge asked the miscreants to identify themselves. ‘Nyinyi ni nani?’ he asked. But the defiant trio answered with gunfire, provoking a shootout that sent two of them back to their maker instantly,” DCI added.
As the resolute undercover officers put an end to the armed thugs, sounds of deafening gunshot resounded throughout the plains.
The third suspect quickly changed gears to escape the hail of scary government ammunition as the shootout continued, leaving behind the moaning vroooom sound of a fast motorcycle screaming past the dusty village.
A bird in hand is worth two in the bush, so the officers called off the chase after taking two of the criminals out and recovering a weapon.
“Upon closer examination of the firearm serial number KE-AP G0857 loaded with three rounds of 9mm calibre, it was discovered that the ceska pistol had been snatched from a senior officer within Embakasi police station mid last December. Crime scene detectives later processed the scene and recovered the relevant exhibits, before moving the bodies of the slain duo to City mortuary,” said DCI.
