Detectives Gun Down Two Most Wanted Gangsters in Nairobi

Detectives have gunned down two of the most wanted gangsters in Nairobi’s Embakasi area.

The two were among a three-man gang that was allegedly preparing to stage attacks in the area on Friday night before they were ambushed by detectives.

The three scattered in different directions while shooting at the officers, who responded with precision and killed two of them while one managed to escape into Mukuru kwa Njenga settlements with gunshot wounds.

Following the operation, detectives recovered an Austrian-made Glock pistol and 29 rounds of 9 mm caliber.

Preliminary ballistic tests revealed that the same firearm was previously used to commit various robberies in the city, including the cold-blooded murder of a woman named Monica Katee, who was shot five times at Mukuru kwa Njenga four days ago. 

Police believe the suspects were behind a series of robberies targeting mobile money lending outlets within Nairobi’s Eastlands suburbs, with one of them named Kevin Maruga being positively identified by some of the victims. 

The 11:00 pm operation was led by detectives from Nairobi’s Operations Branch & Crime Research and Intelligence Bureau (CRIB), backed by sleuths from BuruBuru and Embakasi police divisions.