Seven man-gang captured on CCTV cameras robbing shop attendants

Police are investigating a spate of robberies in Nyeri town involving a gang of seven men.

The gang is said to be well-armed with guns and targeting shop owners.

The latest victim of the gang, Rware MCA Simon Mbogo, said his shop located in Majengo was robbed on Wednesday evening.

The gang struck at 9pm and forced his employees to surrender the day’s sales.

According to the footage captured by the CCTV cameras in the shop, one of the thugs posed as a customer and as he bought sweets, he signaled to his fellow gang members to swing into action.

John Mwangi, a  barber who was at the shop at the time of the robbery, said together with the shop attendants, they were forced into the back room where they were asked to lie down as the premise was ransacked.

“I had come to the shop to ask for change of Sh1,000 when a gang of four men walked into the shop and pointed guns at us, demanding we give them all the money,” Mr Mwangi noted.

The footage revealed the faces of the gang members who stared straight into the cameras.