Six shot dead in Dandora after woman gang-raped

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A police report from Dandora Police Station states that the rider and passenger were ambushed on their way from Riverside to Lucky Summer at about 2.30am.

Police said the two were attacked by a gang of men armed with pistols.

They found three home-made pistols with rounds of ammunition and all the items that were stolen from the boda boda rider and the passenger.

Six suspected gangsters were shot and killed in Dandora, Nairobi County, early Sunday morning in connection to an attack on a boda boda rider whose passenger was raped several times.

A police report from Dandora Police Station states that the rider and passenger were ambushed on their way from Riverside to Lucky Summer at about 2.30am.

ROBBERY, RAPE

Police said the two were attacked by a gang of men armed with pistols.

"They robbed them at gunpoint, of properties that included the motorcycle registration KMEL 650 F, mobile phones, a handbag and cash," the report stated.

"After the robbery, they blindfolded the rider and gang-raped the woman before escaping."

Following a report of the incident at the station, police traced the motorcycle to Gitwamba in Dandora using a gadget that had been fitted on it. They encountered the suspected gangsters and a shootout ensued.

"The motorcycle and fallen gangsters have been positively identified by one of the victims," the report stated.

It said that police found three home-made pistols with rounds of ammunition and all the items that were stolen from the boda boda rider and the passenger.

The woman was taken to MSF Hospital.