At around 3pm on June 24, 2007, in Narok town, Abdi Yusuf was at his business, Yusuf Wholesalers, and his employees were ferrying goods from the store to the front of the shop for display on the shelves.
One of his employees was attending to customers when a gang of six robbers accosted them at the shop. They were armed with an AK 47 rifle and two pistols.