A member of a gang that has been terrorizing residents of Mathare slums in Nairobi has been shot dead by police in a botched robbery.
DCI director George Kinoti said Fadhili Mgaza while in the company of an accomplice snatched a mobile phone from a pedestrian.
Immediately Fadhili spotted officers, he shot at them as the bike sped towards the informal settlement.
But the cops shot back at the thug, tossing him from the speeding bike to the ground.
Kinoti said his accomplice who was riding the bike wobbled unsteadily for a few metres.
"...but just before he crushed on a drum with boiling Supu na Matumbo delicacy as hungry customers watched in disbelief, he regained balance and sped deep into the settlement," Kinoti said.
Fadhili was one of the four gangsters who were lucky to escape from a shootout in Mathare last December, when their de-facto leader identified as Ngaruiya, was felled by fire from police.
He is said to be a member of a gang that had been behind a series of attacks in the area.
The gang had attacked pedestrians along Mau Mau road in Bondeni, Mathare sub-county before police acted.
"Instead of mending their ways after what befell their master as they scampered for dear life by swimming in a sewer line infested with raw sewage, they became more emboldened," Kinoti said.
They regrouped under Fadhili’s leadership and continued to terrorize city residents in Huruma, Mathare and Pangani areas. Detectives took notice.
A gun loaded with three bullets was recovered.
Starehe based detectives have appealed to the remnants of the gang to surrender and pay for their crimes before they are completely annihilated.
