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Kiambu police shoot suspected thug, three accomplices escape

A policeman shows a spanner recovered from a vehicle after they engaged thugs in a shootout in Kiambu PHOTO: GEORGE NJUNGE

KIAMBU: Residents of Kerwa area in Kiambu County were Tuesday woken up by the sound of gunshots when police officers thwarted attempts by a group of gangsters to raid a wholesale shop.

One of the gangsters was shot in the 6:30am incident and three of his colleagues suspected to be armed with AK-47 rifles escaped on foot.

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