- The gang escaped with his motorcycle and the victim was rushed to Kinna Hospital for first aid and later to Maua Level Five Hospital for specialised treatment.
- Police say they have profiled the suspects and efforts to trace them are ongoing.
A businessman was shot and seriously wounded during a robbery mission in a village in Kinna, Isiolo county.
Police said the victim was riding home after closing his business in Kurkuji village when six unknown thugs two of whom were armed with rifles and others with crude weapons while aboard two unregistered motorcycles struck.
The gang grabbed his motorcycle and fired several shots into the air and toward the victim, police said.
It was then that he was shot and injured in the right leg under the knee before he escaped the scene.
The gang escaped with his motorcycle and the victim was rushed to Kinna Hospital for first aid and later to Maua Level Five Hospital for specialised treatment. Police said no arrest has been made over the March 11 incident.
The area is facing a rise in armed crime linked to gangs operating from Meru and Isiolo.
Police say they have profiled the suspects and efforts to trace them are ongoing.
Meanwhile, a night guard was injured when a police officer discharged a bullet from his pistol in a confrontation with suspected thugs in Kisumu town.
Police said the incident happened on Tuesday morning near a building in Kisumu.
The officers had been confronting a gang when one of them accidentally discharged a bullet from his pistol.
The bullet hit the ground and ricocheted before hitting a guard who was standing near there on his left thigh.
He was rushed to Inuka Hospital where he was treated and discharged in fair condition, police said.
During the incident, one suspect was arrested while his accomplices escaped. Police said a bolt cutter and one crowbar were recovered at the scene.
Police are investigating the incident.
Elsewhere police are investigating the drowning of a man in Isiukhu River in Kakamega County.
The body of Felix Chirain Manyengo, 36 was found in the river days after he was reported missing.
He was reported missing on March 10 after he had a domestic quarrel with his wife.
The body had foam in the mouth and nose when police arrived there to move it to the mortuary pending autopsy.
No arrest has been made over the March 12 discovery but police handling the matter said they are investigating if it was suicide, drowning or murder.