A popular Nairobi businessman is said to have been shot dead outside his house in Nairobi with attackers leaving behind a warning message to his family.
Police Officers who secured the scene confirmed that the 36-year-old Sagar Panara, who is an employee at MART Networks was shot by unknown individuals outside his gate in Parklands area, Nairobi.
Preliminary reports by the police inficate that there is a possibility that the businessman was being trailed by the assaiilants and he was their target with reports suggesting that it was because of a land in Narok.
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Police further report that Panara was shot as he returned home from a sports club and was driving a white Toyota Corolla when the attackers ambushed him at the entrance to his residential compound.
After a brief altercation, the assailants shot Panara in the neck, just below her right ear, and fled the scene. Neighbours and police officers responded to the gunshots, rushing Panara to Aga Khan Hospital, where he passed away while receiving emergency treatment.
However, the wife of the businessman confimed that the shooters left behind six ominous leaflets whith a warming message to the family to vacate a disputed land in Narok at the scene of the shooting.
The notes bore the message “VACATE NAROK LAND, ONE PANARA DOWN AND NAROK,” suggesting a possible link to a land dispute in the Narok region that the family confirmed was under wrangles.
Police however said that they are investigating the incident to bring the perpetrators to book and ensure that the family of the shot businessman get justice with Narok Land being their starting point after the warning.