A garbage truck driver was shot and killed in cold blood while waiting for his truck to be filled with litter along Thika Road on Thursday night.
The driver identified by his colleagues as only Maina was driving a lorry contracted by the Kenya National Highway Authority to collect litter on Thika Highway when the incident happened at about 10 pm.
According to police and witnesses, the victim was shot at least six times by a gunman armed with an AK47 rifle.
Maina had driven the lorry up to the Utalii Tunnel and was waiting for the collected litter to be filled when a salon car pulled alongside his truck.
According to witnesses who survived the incident, one gunman jumped out and walked to where the driver was, shooting him six times before running back to the car and driving away.
The attack did not injure the other six men who were loading the garbage.
A police team that arrived on the scene collected six spent cartridges and questioned the other attendants, who said they had picked up garbage in the city center and were on their way to Kasarani.
A police team that arrived on the scene collected six spent cartridges and questioned the other attendants, who said they had picked up garbage in the city center and were on their way to Kasarani.
The takeaway car had also trailed the truck from the city centre, the witnesses said.
Nairobi police boss James Mugera stated that the motive for the attack has yet to be determined.
According to police, the body was taken to the mortuary, and it appears that the gang’s intention was to eliminate the deceased.
