Police gun down four suspected kidnappers
Police on Sunday morning shot dead four suspected robbers and recovered an AK47 rifle, a pistol and 60 rounds of ammunition.
Nairobi County Police commander Japheth Koome said the four were shot near Nyayo Stadium after a chase from the city centre where they had kidnapped a woman and demanded a ransom of Sh100,000.
Mr Koome said officers from Special Crimes Prevention Unit (SCPU) trailed the suspects as they were demanding ransom from the victim’s family. They had already been paid part of their demands and freed a victim.
PAST KIDNAPPINGS
Police say the gang had also been linked to at least six past kidnapping incidents within Nairobi and its environs. Mr Koome said some of the victims who reported gave the same description that matched the suspects.
Some of the victims were attacked outside banks or on the streets.
The gang has been posing as police officers especially within Nairobi.
Following a report that a woman had been kidnapped, a team of officers was mobilised after some of the gang members went and withdrew cash from the victims account as part of their payment.
