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PS injured in dawn shooting
Youth Ministry PS Kinuthia Murugu (left) at a past function. PHOTO/ FILE
Posted Saturday, June 20 2009 at 21:17
Armed gangsters on a Toyota Prado hijacking spree in the city early Saturday shot and injured the Ministry of Youth and Sports permanent secretary Murugu Kinuthia.
The PS was dropping a female companion at Hurlingham estate’s Muringa apartments at about 3 a.m. in the morning when he was attacked. He was shot in the arm and chest.
The bullet is reported to have hit him in the upper arm, pierced through the chest and lodged in his back.
By Saturday afternoon, the PS was recuperating after doctors removed the bullet.
The Director of National Youth Service, Mr David Mwania, who was among senior government officials who visited the PS, said he was in the intensive care unit but was out of danger.
According to the deputy police spokesman, Mr Charles Owino, the PS was shot by the carjackers who had earlier hijacked a Toyota Prado car along Thika Road.
The PS was attacked by an opportunistic gang that had earlier hijacked a motorist on Thika Road and later commandeered another in Lavington area before abandoning the vehicle in Ruiru.
“This is a group of four criminals that has been committing a series of crimes around the city and making it look like there is an upsurge in crime. They are not vehicle robbers, they seem to be interested in the valuables their victims are carrying,” the deputy police spokesman said.
The gangsters are reported to have driven around the city committing robberies before they accosted the PS as he drove to Muringa apartments.
Female companion
A police source who sought anonymity because he is not authorised to talk to journalists said police suspect the gangsters shot the PS after he defied an order to get out of his car.
The robbers dragged the female companion from the PS’s vehicle into the stolen Toyota Prado and drove off with her, leaving Mr Kinuthia bleeding in his double cabin vehicle.
The gangsters intercepted and carjacked another Toyota Prado car within Lavington area in which they drove off.
The gang abandoned the vehicle and Mr Kinuthia’s female companion in Ruiru area after robbing and assaulting her.
She is reportedly being detained by police at Ruiru police station for interrogation.
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Submitted by kachubariPosted June 22, 2009 02:14 PM
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Submitted by mbwi009
Maybe they are tax collectors for the police, otherwise why not apprehend them if they are known. Can the police ask them to use human ways of tax collection.
Posted June 22, 2009 02:03 PM -
Submitted by Daniel08
The Police commissioner now needs to go, the force seems ineffective and he does not have a clue how to resolve the violence and anarchy in the city. The police have lost the battle on crime prevention. Four people terrorising a city! If this is the case and they know who they are, why have they not arrested them? I get the feeling that it is not that simple. They simply do not have a clue what is happening around them, or how they are ever going to sort the issue of crime.
Posted June 22, 2009 11:48 AM -
Submitted by coldcase
Where is Maina Kiai, Githongo or Aniston??? Or are these gangsters not taking away anybody's human rights???
Posted June 22, 2009 03:38 AM -
Submitted by yesuwangu
The best law is sharia law.athief will be cut is hand if he does again he will loose the next hand and thst is the end of that person to steal again.even if he see he will not be able to take anything not his.why dont Kenya include that law instead of realease thieves every day shoot and kill innocent lives die in shoot out they repeat until they sre beyond approach even by policemen.The law must be seen to be working not just putting people in cells and back after some time
Posted June 21, 2009 11:16 PM
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Ali is a let-down. Go go go home. Hopeless fellow entrusted with 34 million lives.