This archive report was first published on 13 May 2020.
On May 13, 2020, a dramatic shootout unfolded in Nairobi, leaving four suspected gangsters dead and a detective injured.
The incident occurred during a botched robbery at an establishment on Kangundo Road, where detectives from the Special Service Unit of the DCI were acting on intelligence.
According to the DCI, the detectives trailed the thugs from Outering Road to a fuel station along Kangundo Road, where they were ambushed while fueling their car.
Two pistols with several rounds of ammunition were recovered from the scene.
‘They are part of thugs who have been committing crime within Kayole, Eastleigh, and other areas within Nairobi,’ an SSU detective involved in the operation told Capital News.
