Police officers gunned down three suspected phone snatchers who were reportedly robbing commuters on their way to work at the Industrial area along Lusaka Road in Nairobi.
Makadara sub-county police boss Judy Kola revealed that the trio, riding on a motorcycle, had been a persistent menace in the area. Concerned by their activities, security officers laid an ambush to apprehend them.
During the operation, the suspects were intercepted and engaged by the police. In the ensuing confrontation, the suspects were fatally shot.
Subsequently, a Ceska gun and several rounds of ammunition were recovered from the scene.
According to Kola, said the suspects had on Monday robbed an Indian national of Ksh.12,000 and a gold chain before disappearing into the Mukuru slums.
Police have since processed the scene and transferred the bodies of the deceased suspects to the city mortuary.
