Police shot and killed a suspect in a failed robbery at a hotel in Kakamega Town.
Police said
they received a distress call from a hotel which is near Bukhungu Stadium that
there was an ongoing robbery there.
This was on Monday at about 3 am.
A team on patrol rushed to the scene and found three
suspects who had held a guard on duty hostage had broken the front door of the
facility and started to steal valuables.
They had
grabbed a 32-inch television set, eight sufurias, two curtains and some
alcohol.
It was then
police pursued the suspects into a nearby bush and confronted one of them, shooting him dead.
Police said one suspect
surrendered while a third one escaped.
Two pangas and a metal rod used
in the incident were recovered. The stolen items were also recovered at the
scene.
The body was moved to the
mortuary pending an autopsy and investigations.
Elsewhere in Nyeri Town, police
shot and injured a member of a gang that was robbing a female cleaner on the
streets.
The suspect had also stabbed one
of the officers who responded to the robbery scene.
Police said they arrested three
suspects in the drama. It was later established that the cleaner had also been
stabbed and wounded in the right palm during the robbery drama.
The police officer, the victim lady and the injured suspect were rushed
to PGH Nyeri County Referral Hospital, where they were admitted in fair but
stable condition.
Police said the
other two suspects were booked at a local station pending processing and
arraignment.
A sword, two
mobile phones and three spent cartridges were recovered at the scene, police
said.
Police said
they had intensified operations in the town to address concerns of armed
robberies at large.
Meanwhile, a casual
worker recovered a pistol as he cleared a farm in the Sabaki area, Athi River,
Machakos County.
The man said he
was on September 8, 2025, clearing a farm in the area when he spotted a Browning
pistol with an empty magazine.
The weapon had
been wrapped in a nylon paper and stashed behind a natural fence of the compound.
Police were
called to the scene and collected the weapon for safekeeping and forensic
analysis.
Police said
they want to establish the ownership and motive of the same.
The owner of the farm was talked to and confirmed she has never owned a gun, police said.
