Police in Nairobi continues with a man-hunt for a lone burglar who has been terrorizing a section of Kilimani residents for close to a fortnight now.
The “Spiderman” was first captured by CCTV cameras on February 10, 2019 at 12:52 a.m jumping over the fence of residential apartments in Kilimani.
The man behind the mask has been appropriately nicknamed the ‘Spiderman’, is armed only with a backpack and has great deal of skills to scale from one floor to another.
In the CCTV foot age, the “Spiderman” is featured scrutinizing the environment to ensure the view is clear, when it is, he cunningly pulls a Spiderman’s trick and climbs through the stair rail up to the first floor.
According to the reports, the man in the picture stole unspecified amount of money said to amount to millions from one house where he broke the safe.
The event was a blow to the house owner as he suffered shock and was taken to hospital.
On 14th February 2019, history repeated itself where a safe belonging to a foreign citizen was broken and his gun stolen.
Another victim of the thug’s said she woke up one morning to find that her lock was broken and her door opened while some of her belongings were missing.
“I live on the second floor, and one morning I woke up and my jewelry and my laptop were missing, my house had been broken into,” she narrated.
“I got hurt… because anything can happen, material things can be recovered, but it really scares me that someone was in my house and I’m all alone.”
Kilimani OCPD Michael Muchiri has now assured residents that both day and night patrols have been increased in pursuit of ‘Spiderman.’
Detectives are also trying to piece evidence to establish if he rides on protection from security guards to continue with his wickedness.