Police in Juja on Tuesday night gunned down five speculated criminals in a thwarted theft assault at an oil station along the Thika Superhighway.
Agreeing Juja DCIO Mr. Ali Samatar, the six presumes crashed into Lexo Petrol Station in a Touareg Volkswagen vehicle at around 8:30pm and promptly displayed guns and an AK-47 rifle.
Mr. Samatar said laborers at the petroleum station, be that as it may, raised a caution drawing in the consideration of cops who were on watch.
“Police laid a trap and tested the lawbreakers yet they began discharging at the cops before being overwhelmed and gunned down. Five of them were murdered,” he said.
One of the hooligans who was furnished with an AK-47 gun figured out how to get away. The police recouped three guns from the felled criminals.
The shooting pulled in a colossal group as inhabitants calculated to get a look at the speculated lawbreakers. This brought about to a substantial traffic growl up along the bustling parkway.
The killing of the speculated culprits comes when Juja has been encountering uplifted frailty.
Occupants and understudies at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture, Science and Technology (JKUAT) have dissented over expanded weakness.
In February, a First-year understudy at JKUAT was wounded to death while returning home at night.
The understudy was strolling with a companion close Segal Hotel at 8pm when they were gone up against by hooligans who requested their cell phones.