Two suspected rhino poachers shot dead at Lake Nakuru National Park

Nakuru county Commissioner Mohammed Birik displays a gun that was recovered from two suspected poachers shot dead at the Lake Nakuru National Park on a on March, 28, 2015. PHOTO | SULEIMAN MBATIAH | NATION MEDIA GROUP

Kenya Wildlife Service rangers Saturday morning gunned down two suspected poachers within Lake Nakuru National Park.

The rangers found a Mark Four rifle, an axe and a knife from the slain poachers.

The poachers had laid a trap on a known rhino path that leads to a watering hole on the hilly section near Lanet area.

The rangers have been on high alert in the past four months after the park experienced its worst slaughter of rhinos last year where seven rhinos were killed.

Rhinos are a flagship species for Lake Nakuru National Park which markets itself as a sanctuary for black rhinos.