A notorious gang in Kisauni area of Mombasa that is known to beguile residents by posing as matatu touts was on Sunday raided by police, leading to the death of one.
Police shot and killed the suspected gangster and injured his accomplices.
The man was said to be part of the five-man gang armed with clubs and machetes that stopped a matatu on the Bamburi-CBF route, attacked and robbed passengers at 6am yesterday.
They also cut a Technical University female student before robbing her. She is being treated at the Coast General Hospital.
Kisauni police boss Julius Kiragu said that the suspects had posed as matatu conductors calling passengers at Sunlight stage in Bamburi. When the matatu stopped, the men pulled out the driver and his conductor and rained kicks and blows on them before turning on the passengers.
“They slashed them and as they were escaping, they caught and attacked the student, leaving her with serious injuries,” said Kiragu.
The matatu was towed to Nyali police station.