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Stray bullet hits vendor as police hunt down gang

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A sugarcane vendor was wounded by stray bullets, as a military officer wrestled a robber who was being tracked by police in Nyeri.

The vendor, only identified as Dennis, was going about his business along Baden Powell Road in Nyeri town, while the police were pursuing the suspected robber. The suspect was part of a gang that had attempted to rob traders at King'ong'o.

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