Should the police kill suspected criminals?
A new probe has been launched into the police following the killing of six suspected thugs in Dandora Nairobi on Sunday.
It was announced by the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) that an investigation would seek to establish the facts of the matter.
“IPOA has launched Investigations into the shooting of 6 people by police in Dandora on Sunday”.
Adding that “IPOA is also probing the death of 3 people shot by police in Yatta last Tuesday. The law requires deaths caused by police action be investigated,”
IPOA has launched Investigations into the shooting of 6 people by police in Dandora on Sunday. IPOA is also probing the death of 3 people shot by police in Yatta last Tuesday. The law requires deaths caused by police action be investigated.^NM @NPSOfficial_KE @IJMKenya @gathara
— IPOA (@IPOA_KE) October 29, 2018
Six suspected thugs who were shot on Sunday morning in Kifarage Dandora area claimed to have hijacked a motorbike rider and a passanger,robbed them at gunpoint, of properties that included the motorcycle registration KMEL 650 F, mobile phones, a handbag and cash.
The gangsters later tied the rider and raped the woman the rider was carrying.
Police say the lady is currently undergoing treatment and is in a critical condition.
Police managed to trace the thugs using a tracking device that was put on the motorbike.
Kifarage area has been mapped out as a criminal hideout by suspected gangsters.
According to the police dangerous criminals terrorizing people in Dandora and Kasarani use the area as a hideout.
“This is one area that has been giving us headache, its a well known place for harbouring dangerous criminals who normally terrorise innocent people within Dandora and Kasarani,” said the police.
A police report indicates that the assailants allegedly struck as the boda boda was on its way from Dandora to Lucky Summer estate at around 2.30 am.
The police said they recovered three home-made pistols with rounds of ammunition and all the items that were stolen from the boda boda rider and the passenger.
The lady was taken to MSF hospital.
On Friday another suspect was shot dead in Mathare slums after he and others had shot and injured a police officer during a botched robbery.
The officer was shot in the stomach as he confronted a gang that had robbed a supermarket in the slum. Two other suspects managed to escape on a motorcycle.
A pistol with two bullets was recovered.
In August another five suspected criminals were shot dead at Dandora dump site.
The officers who were acting on a tip-off raided the shanty which they suspected was being used as a hideout by drug traffickers.
According to a police report, the suspects started shooting at the officers as they approached. One of the suspects managed to escape.
A Ceska pistol, two homemade guns and 14 rounds of ammunition were confiscated at the scene. The Ceska pistol did not have a serial number.
Other items seized were a sack of bhang, 184 rolls of bhang, a claw bar, 32 sachets of alcohol, a knife and four pairs of scissors.
Their bodies were taken to City mortuary.
BALLISTIC TEST
In Kiambu on Saturday, police recovered a Berretta, Ceska and Flare pistols and 150 rounds of ammunition in an abandoned house in Ruiru.
Kiambu Directorate of Criminal Investigation boss Amos Teben said investigations into the owner of the firearms have started.
“The weapons seem to have been licensed and we want to know more before we take action,” Mr Teben said adding that the firearms are being subjected to ballistic tests.