Police said they recovered a toy
pistol from one of the scenes.
In the first
incident, a man was shot and killed in a confrontation with police in a village
in Butere, Kakamega County.
Police said the
incident happened in Songa Mbele village and involved one Thomas Mboya.
The suspect is
said to have on Saturday, September 6, attempted to rescue his accomplices, who
had been arrested for stealing a motorcycle and a plastic chair in the village.
Police said
they had arrested two suspects over the claims when the slain man, while armed
with a panga approached them and threatened the officers with cutting them.
This prompted
one of the officers to use his AK-47 rifle to open fire and kill the suspect on
the spot. The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy as the other
suspects were taken to custody for grilling.
In Kikuyu,
Kiambu County’s Dagoretti area a suspect was shot and killed while his two accomplices
escaped into the thicket.
Police said
they recovered a toy pistol and a sharp panga from the suspect. The suspects
are said to have been on a robbery spree on Saturday dawn when police were
informed.
The team, which
was in civilian clothes, confronted the suspects, killing one, police said.
The body was
moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy.
Police said
they are looking for the other accomplices who managed to escape the scene as
the body was moved to the mortuary pending an identification and autopsy.
Police said
they had intensified operations in the area to address cases of armed robberies
being reported.
Elsewhere, four suspects belonging to a criminal gang
nicknamed Gaza were arrested, and six pangas were recovered from them after they
threatened a chief with arson on his house in Butere, Kakamega County.
The chief had
gone to a funeral event in Shihara village to stop a party popularly known as
Disco Matanga when the suspect chased him out and threatened to burn his house.
Police were
informed and acted, arresting the four suspects pending arraignment for
preparation to commit a felony.
Police said they are looking for more members of the gang for processing.
