This archive report was first published on 28 August 2019.
On Monday evening, undercover detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) shot dead two gangsters at Kiamaiko, Huruma in Mathare sub-county.
According to Nairobi Regional Police Commander Philip Ndolo, the incident occurred at about 1830 hours after members of the public called the police to report a robbery in progress.
‘These were people breaking and stealing from members of the public. Members of the public called the police who responded to the distress call,’ Ndolo said.
However, the suspects defied a lawful order by the detectives to surrender and opened fire, prompting a fatal exchange of gunfire.
Two suspects managed to escape, but police recovered a pistol with two rounds of ammunition and two spent cartridges.
The bodies of the deceased were moved to City mortuary, and police are pursuing two accomplices who fled to Mathare valley.
‘The two fatalities resulted from an exchange of live fire after the gang defied a lawful order by the DCI detectives to surrender and firing at them. The gang of four was neutralized before their robbery mission at Kiamaiko-Soko ya Mbuzi Area matured,’ the DCI said in a tweet.
