Law enforcement officials connected to Archers Police Station in Samburu County have launched a manhunt for a gunman who held hostage 4 Probox occupants on Wednesday morning and demanded Ksh40,000 to launch them.
In line with a police report obtained by Kenyans.co.ke, the car, whose occupants included three civilians and a police officer, was heading in direction of a purchasing centre positioned in Samburu County when the incident occurred.
The car was reportedly ambushed by a masked gunman standing in the course of the street who pointed his firearm on the course of the car signaling the automotive to cease.
A G3 rifle on show.
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The driving force of the Probox heeded the gunman’s order and pulled up.
Minutes later, he ordered the occupants to alight and lie down. The occupants, together with the police officer, complied with the demand, in a bid to not irritate the masked gunman who was armed with a G3 rifle.
The police report indicated that the gunman demanded Ksh10,000 every from the 4 occupants to spare their lives.
The masked man started looking out each particular person to grab any invaluable merchandise. On looking out the officer, the cop is reported to have gained maintain of the rifle muzzle and commenced wrestling the gunman to acquire management of the weapon.
A struggle ensued between the 2, with the officer overpowering the gunman who held his palms up, to indicate that he had surrendered.
The gunman nevertheless escaped in direction of a gulley in a close-by thicket. The officer tried to shoot him with the rifle however missed because the firearm solely had one bullet left within the chamber.
Officers from Archer’s Police Station and the multiagency group from Kalama rushed to the scene and recovered the firearm. The victims have been escorted to the police station the place they recorded statements.
Preliminary investigations revealed that the assailant managed to rob the officer of Ksh1,000 through the scuffle.
The G3 rifle and one spent cartridge have been recovered on the scene.
“Efforts to pursue the suspect are ongoing by following the footprints,” learn a part of the police report.
A police station in Kenya in a photograph dated 2021
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