Five suspected thugs, among them a woman, were on Tuesday night shot dead by police near Clayworks along the Thika Superhighway in a botched robbery.
The police found an AK 47 rifle, a pistol, 14 rounds of ammunition and a bullet-proof jacket on the five. According to police, the suspects were headed for a planned robbery in Muranga town.
Kenya Police spokesperson Gatiria Mboroki said members of the public alerted the police about the five, who had boarded a 14-seater matatu in Nairobi.
“When police intercepted them and challenged them to stop, they sped away, prompting the police to deflate the vehicle’s tyres and when the vehicle could no longer move at speed, they started shooting at the officers forcing them to shoot back” Ms Mboroki said of the 11pm incident.