NAIROBI Kenya July 9 -A brave shopkeeper fought off three AK47 rifle-wielding robbers and managed to disarm them of the firearm in Korogocho Nairobi on July 9.
The firearm, serial number KP 60034486 loaded with 9 rounds of ammunition was later found to belong to the Kenya Police Service.
Nairobi Region police commander Adamson Bungei confirmed the incident but said it was being ‘addressed internally’.
Bungei said investigations had been launched to establish the identity of the robbers and circumstances surrounding the loss of the firearm.
“We will know who had it and at what time. It is clear the weapon belongs to Kenya Police,” he told Shahidi News.
According to the police, the gang of three men, one armed with an AK47 rifle and others with crude weapons, raided Highridge area of Korogocho at around 11pm.
They started robbing shop owners including George Kiragu who was robbed of Sh15,000. Another victim, Mohammed was robbed of Sh28,000, mobile phone and a wrist watch.
The gang then proceeded to the next shop but the shopkeeper resisted, resulting in a fierce fight. He sustained multiple stab wounds but managed to disarm the three of the rifle.
He was rushed to hospital in a critical condition.
Dozens of police firearms have been lost mostly under unclear circumstances.
On July 5, four rifles and a total of 110 rounds of ammunition were reported missing from Griftu police station armoury in Wajir West Sub-County.
Three AK47 rifles, one G3 rifle, 90 rounds of ammunition used in AK47 rifles and another 20 rounds of ammunition for G3 rifles were found missing but the armoury was not broken into.
Investigations revealed that there are two keys to the armoury with both the station commanders and the armourer keeping each. As a result, the OCS Griftu and the amourer were arrested as investigations continue.
In another case on June 13, four robbery suspects were shot dead at Mkwajuni along Mombasa-Kilifi road and one of the AK47 rifles that was robbed of officers during the July 2021 Equity Matuu Branch raid recovered.
One of the slain suspects, Festus Mutisya Kaloki alias Kamwana had recently been released on bond from court where he was charged with several counts of robbery, including robbery at Economy Way Supermarket at Manoni, Kiembeni on February 26 this year.
The AK47 rifle, serial number KE KP 5527115 was recovered and loaded with 7 rounds of ammunition.
The rifle is one of the firearms that was stolen on July 27 when five armed men raided Equity Bank after they disarmed Constable Patrick Omusebe and Constable Dorothy Opili of their rifles both loaded with a total of 60 rounds of ammunition.
The DCI said the recovered weapon belonged to Constable Opili.
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