Ndudi Anyim
Police in Kenya have gunned down two armed gangsters who had unleashed mayhem on residents of Kawangware in Nairobi on Wednesday night.
Operatives who were on foot patrol within stage 56, responded in the nick of time after the thugs had just attacked a man at gunpoint.
Although one member of the gang reportedly fled, Police say efforts are on to arrest the fleeing suspect.
According to a source at the Kenyan Police Authority, “earlier, the officers had challenged them to surrender but the thugs shot at them, triggering a fierce shootout that led to the death of the two. However, one of them escaped using a motorbike whose identification was concealed.
“A firearm with one round of 9mm calibre was recovered and handed over to DCI ballistic experts for examination. Meanwhile, bodies of the fatally wounded were moved to City mortuary, pending identification.”