Detectives from the special crimes prevention unit have arrested two most wanted suspects in killings that have rocked Matungu and Kilingili in Vihiga County and the other in Kawangware area Nairobi.
Also in police custody are three more wanted suspects arrested in Vihiga following a Forensic based analysis operation by detectives from the DCI headquarters. According to police, the suspect’s houses were searched and dangerous tools including Machetes, Knives, Iron bars confiscated.
According to area OCPD John MatsiliIt, the gangs are an organised group, “the way they execute their crime is the same, you find that they cut all their victims behind the neck.”
“These gangsters always come to the villages at around 2am and start hacking their victims,” added Allan Juma, a resident in Matungu.
THREE more wanted suspects were today arrested in Vihiga following a Forensic based analysis operation by #DCI Detectives from the HQs. The three suspects; Samuel Mulimi Mbuhere, Wycliffe Achala Kinandi & Duncan Karana are directly linked to the violent crimes in Western Region. pic.twitter.com/CaAkLyHGwx
— DCI KENYA (@DCI_Kenya) May 19, 2019
Detectives said the politicians were being investigated on allegations of incitement and mobilising youths linked to the gangs.
The first suspect, Kelson Liyenga alias Kevin Lienga, was arrested by the DCI in Kawangware, Nairobi on Wednesday, and transferred to Mbale for interrogation.
The DCI said Mr Gubimiru and Mr Liyenga, 20, are believed to be the ring leaders of gangs carrying out organised crimes in the Western region.
Forensic analysis, the directorate said, confirmed that Mr Gubimiru was linked to the crimes.
The DCI cited two cases in 2017, when the suspect was directly connected to a series of violent robberies in Chavakali and Sabatia, in which victims’ legs were cut off with pangas.
The DCI shared photos of some of the victims whose legs were cut off in attacks on June 4, 2017.
Mr Gubimiru was allegedly involved in another violent robbery in Sabatia on November 1, 2017, when a man was seriously injured and his wife gang-raped and one of her legs chopped off.
The accused was arrested, taken to court but later granted bond and released.
On April 10, the same gang robbed another couple and defiled their 14-year-old daughter.
Mr Liyenga is said to have escaped from prison and to have coordinated the crimes in Matungu from his hideout.
“The arrest of the suspect is a major breakthrough. We have already obtained information about other suspects on the run. Their days are numbered,” Fred Matiang’i said.