[PHOTOS] Three shot dead in botched Parklands robbery

Police shot and killed three

suspected thugs on Wednesday morning in a botched robbery in Parklands area, Nairobi.

The gang was driving away

on

First Avenue near Avenue Hospital,

in a Voxy van

they had stolen.

Some of the weapons recovered from

suspected criminals who were shot dead on

First Avenue near Avenue Hospital in Nairobi, February 15, 2017.

/PATRICK VIDIJA​​

Police found a

pistol with eight bullets and ID cards.

They said the suspects

were on a mission to commit another robbery.

Police officers near the scene of a botched robbery in Parklands area, Nairobi, February 15, 2017. /PATRICK VIDIJA

On Tuesday night, a

suspected thug was lynched by a mob in a botched robbery in Buruburu, Nairobi.

The suspect was cornered by residents while robbing pedestrians.

Two of his accomplices managed to escape.