Three suspected carjackers shot dead at Kangundo road, Nairobi

A man escaped with a bullet wound after a foiled robbery at the Mathira East OCPD's home in Karatina town on Sunday night. Photo/FILE
A man escaped with a bullet wound after a foiled robbery at the Mathira East OCPD's home in Karatina town on Sunday night. Photo/FILE

Police shot dead three suspected carjackers

and recovered two pistols with six bullets on Wednesday in Nairobi.

The three were gunned down following a carjacking incident on Kangundo road.

Police said that the owner of the car, a female, was unhurt as police rescued her.

The four suspected criminals, they said, had taken

the woman

hostage before a member of the public tipped off the police.

The fourth suspect escaped on foot after the incident.

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