Police shoot dead three suspects in Naivasha
A pistol. Police shot dead three suspects in Karagita, Naivasha, and recovered a Ceska pistol in Wednesday night. . FILE PHOTO | NATION MEDIA GROUP
What you need to know:
- Police said the suspected robbers had raided Riders Bar in Karagita at around 9pm and stolen an unknown amount of cash.
- They fled the scene in a white Toyota Probox, which was later seen parked near a pharmacy in Naivasha.
- The driver, Peter Waithaka, 31, was arrested and told the officers that he had been hired by four men from Limuru.
Police shot dead three suspects in Karagita, Naivasha, and seized a Ceska pistol in Wednesday night.
A Chinese national carjacked in Nairobi's Upper Hill on Wednesday evening was also rescued in Naivasha in a separate incident where three suspected kidnappers were also arrested.
Police said the suspected robbers had raided Riders Bar in Karagita at around 9pm and stolen an unknown amount of cash.
They then fled the scene in a white Toyota Probox, which was later seen parked near a pharmacy in Naivasha.
The driver, Peter Waithaka, 31, was arrested and told the officers that he had been hired by four men from Limuru.
He, however, claimed that he did not know what they were doing in Naivasha.
Officers laid an ambush in the area as two suspects got into the taxi.
Later, the other suspects came back to the car and on seeing the officers one of them shot once.
Three of them were shot dead but one escaped. Police seized a pistol, cash, assorted airtime scratch cards and a crowbar, among other items.
Meanwhile, detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations who rescued the Chinese national said the victim had been blindfolded and his hands tied.
He was put in another vehicle, a Toyota NZE, as one of the abductors drove his car, a Land Cruiser VX.
