By Cyrus Ombati

Nairobi, Kenya: A Dutch national and senior manager with the G4S security company was shot dead in cold blood in his house in Nairobi’s Westlands area.

The victim was alone in his house along Muguga Green Drive when the gang struck on Monday at about 3 am.

They shot him six times at close range before escaping with a communications gadget that was in the house.

Police said the deceased was a senior technical staffer at the G4S offices in Nairobi.

Nairobi County police commander Benson Kibui said the victim was in the house when a gang raided, tied two guards who were on duty before raiding the house.

He said they are treating the incident as murder and that they are questioning the two guards who were on duty.