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Gang unleashes terror in City Centre
Pedestrians lie down on the pavement during a shoot-out between police officers and gangsters on Nairobi’s Banda Street on Tuesday. The gang had gone on a robbery spree, killing a shop attendant and wounding another. Photo/PETERSON GITHAIGA and CHRIS OJOW
Posted Tuesday, October 28 2008 at 21:34
Upcountry
The officer, who had arrived from upcountry, had just withdrawn the money from a bank on Kaunda Street when he was trailed by the muggers to Muindi Mbingu Street and robbed of the cash.
However, the officer grabbed one of them and recovered Sh100,000. The accomplice escaped with Sh200,000.
The deputy officer commanding Central police division, Mr Richard Mugwai, who visited all the victims, did not talk to journalists when they sought his views on the incidents.
In recent weeks, police have adamantly denied claims of rising cases of crime in the city, describing them as ‘normal’.
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