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Armed thugs rob trader of Sh200,000

A trader has narrowly escaped death after he was accosted by gun-totting gangsters at Thiba village along the Mwea-Nairobi road who also robbed him of Sh200,000 in cash.

The Makutano-based agrovet trader was driving to a bank in Ngurubani market at about 8am to deposit the cash, when the two hooded men, one armed with an AK 47 assault rifle, obstructed David Mwaniki’s vehicle and forced him into a ditch.

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