A gun that was violently robbed from the officer commanding Vihiga Police Station has been recovered in Nairobi, Kasarani area.
According to reports by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), a criminal gang attacked the police boss while on patrol on December 21, 2023 and stole his jericho pistol.
The gang, armed with knives attacked the Chief Inspector as he parked his car in Vihiga’s Majengo market, descending on him with daggers leaving him bleeding before disappearing with his Jericho pistol loaded with 15 rounds of ammunition.
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Through an anonymous caller, the DCI received an intelligence tip who reported to have spotted a suspicious car occupied by three armed men at the Kenyatta University farm in Mwiki.
Working with the tip, the intelligence officers discovered that the gang have in the recent past been responsible for several attacks within the city using the said firearm, evading several police traps.
Acting swiftly, the DCI tracked the suspects to Mwiki area in Kasarani within Nairobi County and laid a trap for the suspects. However, upon realising that they were cornered, the suspect fired back to the police.
Two of the three suspects took to their heels after realising they were cornered and left the main gun handler battling it out with the police. He was however shot as the other two escaped.
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The suspect’s body was moved to city mortuary pending identification as the other two are still being pursued by the officers using links discovered at the scene.
Among the items recovered were the gun, a KBZ 985T Nissan Note suspected to have been used by the suspects in their operations and other items to help in the investigations.