Police have shot and killed a gunman who is accused of stabbing and robbing two people in Nairobi’s Korogocho slums.
Police on patrol say they were alerted by members of the public that there was a man who had a gun and was on a robbing spree in the area.
A chase ensued which ended up at the nearby Nairobi River where one of the suspects was shot and killed. Police recovered a pistol and a knife from the slain suspect.
According to police and witnesses, a gang of two had attacked and robbed pedestrians in the Kisumu Ndogo area.
“They had then stabbed and wounded two men in one of the robbery incidents and stole mobile phones and cash from the victims who had resisted their orders hence prompting the stabbing in the stomach,” part of the police report read.
His accomplice managed to escape the scene, police said.
“The two victims were taken to Mama Lucy Hospital where they were admitted in stable condition,” police added.
The body of the suspect was moved to the mortuary pending identification and autopsy.
Elsewhere, a suspect was stoned to death by civilians along Rhapta Road in Westlands, after he tried to snatch a mobile phone from a pedestrian.
The suspect was on a motorcycle with a rider and had stopped at the side of the road and was trying to grab the device when the would-be victim raised alarm.
This attracted the attention of other pedestrians and bodaboda riders on the road who joined the chase as he tried to escape the scene.
Police said he was chased and cornered a few meters away and stoned to death.
Police discourage mob lynching and term it criminal and want suspects caught to be surrendered to authorities for processing.
