This archive report was first published on 15 September 2021.
On September 15, 2021, at 12:30pm, a Mitsubishi Lancer with registration plate KAT 887G was reported abandoned at the Mihango Police Station in Nairobi. The vehicle, a silver saloon car, had been left opposite Be Energy Petrol Station on the Eastern Bypass.
According to police, the driver had abandoned the vehicle shortly before occupants of another vehicle arrived at the scene and shot haphazardly at the Mitsubishi Lancer. The registration plate of the second vehicle, which was white in color, was not captured.
Twenty bullet holes were spotted in the Lancer, which had its windscreen shattered. Some of the fired bullets exited through the vehicle's windscreen, which was badly damaged.
Two other vehicles parked near the Mitsubishi Lancer were also shot at. These vehicles were a white Toyota G-Touring of registration plate KAW 161P and a Toyota Vitz of registration number KBM 713Y. The G-Touring had a bullet hole in the rear windscreen, while the Vitz had a bullet hole in the right rear door.
Police accessed the abandoned Mitsubishi Lancer and discovered 2,040 bullets in brown cartons placed on the seats. A total of 34 cartons were found in the vehicle, with each box containing sixty 7.62mm rounds of ammunition. Police also recovered two mobile phones, a Tecno Camon and an X-Tigi.
The Mitsubishi Lancer was towed to Ruai Police Station, while the 2,040 rounds of ammunition and a spent cartridge have been kept as exhibit. The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) detectives have launched a hunt for the owner of the Mitsubishi Lancer.
