Robbery in Nairobi has left the city worried and most Nairobians terrified. Five suspects were Monday night arrested after hurling a grenade at police officers who were chasing them following a robbery at an M-PESA shop in Nairobi’s Huruma estate.
According to police, the gang had stolen an unknown amount of money from the shop and was escaping when they bumped into police officers on patrol, but declined to stop, and instead raced off on motorcycles. They threw a grenade at the officers, but it did not explode. They were later arrested and are due in court Tuesday morning.
The Police recovered one self-propelled grenade occurred on Monday 25th February 2019 at 17:30hrs. According to their report, It was reported by Muthaiga 7 spy that they were at Mathare 29/30 terminus when three motorcycles each with three occupants passed in high speed heading towards Thika road. They gave chase using a motorcycle and intercepted them at drive-in stage.