Two suspected thugs shot dead in Mlolongo

A pistol, magazine and six bullets were recovered from the scene.

by george owiti

Nyanza03 September 2019 - 17:54

In Summary

• Athi River Sub-county police commander Samwel Mukuusi says the suspects were part of a notorious gang that terrorizes residents of Mlolongo and its environs.

• Two other suspects escaped on a motorbike.

Mlolongo OCS Joackim Kangangi, Athi River deputy county commissioner David Juma and Athi River Sub-county police commander Samwel Mukuusi display a pistol covered from scene of incident at Mlolongo phase three estate in Machakos County on Tuesday.

Two suspected thugs have been shot dead by police in Mlolongo town, Machakos County.

The two were killed after one of them allegedly drew a gun to the officers at Mlolongo phase three estate in the 11.40 am incident on Tuesday.

Mukuusi said that the police had earlier accosted the gang of three at Petmark stage within the town before they took off on a motorbike.

“Today at around 11.40 am, our officers from Mlolongo police station acting on a tip of around Petmark stage were out to arrest touts. In the process, they got information about three suspiciously looking men suspected to be part of a gang that terrorise locals,” Mukuusi said.

He spoke to the Star at Mlolongo police station on Tuesday.

The police boss said when confronted by the officers and ordered to surrender, the three took off on a motorbike.

A pistol and magazine recovered from suspected thugs killed by police officers in Mlolongo, Machakos County on Tuesday.

“The officers gave chase. Some of the officers took motorbikes while the rest used a police land cruiser and drove to Mlolongo phase three estate at Diamond area,” he added.

“Two of the three passengers alighted from the bodaboda. One of them drew a firearm before the officers engaged them, two were fatally injured while the other and a cyclist sped off on the motorbike."

Mukuusi said police recovered a mini-brown pistol of serial number EP 17103977 with a magazine parked with four rounds of ammunition.

He added that two more bullets were recovered from the thugs' bodies by City mortuary attendants.

The two bullets found in one of the corpses made the number of bullets recovered from them to six.

Mukuusi said the bodies were not immediately identified since they didn’t have any identification document on them at the time of the incident.

He said police had launched a manhunt on the suspects who flee from the scene.