Written By Gerald Gekara
Police officers from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations have shot and killed a gang member of the infamous ‘Katombi’ gang.
The gangster locally known as ‘Fadhili Mgaza’ engaged officers in a shootout, prompting them to unleash their fire which killed him on the spot.
Fadhili was one of the four gangsters who were lucky to escape from a shootout in Mathare last December.
The officers were on patrol in Nairobi’s Pangani estate when they encountered the thug.
“At dusk this evening, as our Pangani-based law enforcement agents conducted foot patrols, they came face to face with the wanted gangster who was on a motorbike, terrorizing pedestrians at Mlango Kubwa, in Mathare.”
Immediately Fadhili spotted the officers, he shot at them as the bike sped towards the informal settlement.
But the cops shot back at the thug, tosing him from the speeding bike to the ground.
“His accomplice who was riding the bike wobbled unsteadily for a few metres but just before he crushed on a drum with boiling Supu na Matumbo delicacy as hungry customers watched in disbelief, he regained balance and sped deep into the settlement. “
Starehe based detectives are appealing to the remnants of the gang to surrender and pay for their crimes before they are completely annihilated.
A firearm loaded with 3 rounds of 9mm callibre was recovered from the thug.
