Police have uncovered the slum millionaire George Maina who has been terrorising Nairobi residents.
Maina who is identified as the ring leader of a seven-man gang was killed by police on Monday in an attempted robbery at a Nairobi soft drink store.
The 32-year-old, who also doubled up as a land lord in Mukuru Kwa Njenga slums was in the police radar for a longtime.
According to Nairobi DCI chief Ireri Kamwende,said investigators were yet to establish if Maina had any criminal cases pending in court.
Maina is also be believed to be the owner of a Mitsubishi canter that was found at the yard of Softa godowns in Industrial area and which the criminals were using to load their stolen goods.
Following a police report, police officers on patrol were informed of a robbery at the godown and rushed to the scene where they were confronted by a lone gun man who shot at the policemen.
In addition, the officers shot and killed the lone gun man and proceeded into the warehouse where they encountered another group of men armed with crude weapons including machettes , claw bars , pangas and axes and toy pistol.
According to the guards who spoke on condition of anonymity said a group of five police officers who seem to have had prior information of a planned robbery were deployed to the godown well before 8 pm.
They were in civilian uniforms, disguising as watchem with shukas and armed with Ak 47s and others with pistols.
“As soon as the gang stormed in , the officers pounced on them and shot them” said a guard
The guard claimed the men were rounded up in one corner and shot by the policemen.
Among the things the suspects are listed in the police report to have robbed include gas cylinders. Police, based on their informers , identified other suspects as Kyalo, Michael and Yohana Karanja alias crew while three others were yet to be identified by last evening.
Investigators have also taken the killed mens fingerprints for official identification.