Two
men suspected to be thieves were shot and killed in a botched robbery in the Sunton
area, Kasarani, Nairobi County.
Police
said the shooting happened on Sunday morning following a botched robbery on a
man who was being attacked.
A
team of police officers was on patrol in the area when they heard screams for
help from someone who was under attack.
Police
said the team rushed to the scene and found three men in action, trying to
rob the victim prompting a brief chase.
According
to police, the group defied an order to surrender and one of them had a
homemade gun.
This prompted one of the officers to open fire killing two of the men.
One suspect
managed to escape the drama, police said.
Police
said the suspect managed to escape with injuries towards the Shilanga area.
The
officers managed to recover a homemade pistol capable of firing with one round
of 9mm lodged in the chamber and one machete.
The
bodies were moved to the City Mortuary pending postmortem and identification.
Nairobi
police boss Adamson Bungei said they have increased patrols in the city in
response to cases of violent robberies.
He
said they have since arrested dozens of suspects in connection with the cases.
“Some
are in court for now and others are under probe. We have increased patrols and
devised other measures to address this menace,” he said.
Meanwhile,
a woman was questioned after she told police she stabbed and killed an intruder
in Kerwa Town, Kiambu County.
The body
of the deceased man was found sprawled in the
woman’s house with stab wounds in the chest.
The
incident happened Sunday, January 5 morning, police said.
The
woman told police the slain man forcefully entered her house without her
permission prompting her to grab a kitchen knife to fight him off.
The blood-stained kitchen knife was
recovered and kept as murder weapon, police said.
Police
said they moved the body to the mortuary pending autopsy and other
investigations.