Police launch manhunt after mass shooting in South Africa claims 17

A crime scene tape barrier. Image used for representation purposes only. PHOTO/Pexels

Seventeen people have been killed in a mass shooting in a remote South African town with a manhunt underway to find the perpetrators, police say. Two homesteads in the town of Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape were targeted, police said, with 12 women and one man killed in one location, and three women and one […]

2 robbery suspects arrested, stash of looted treasures recovered

Harun Kariuki and Nyakio, supected robbers who were arrested by police. PHOTO/@DCI_Kenya/X

Two robbery suspects are cooling their heels in police custody for allegedly terrorizing residents of Mombasa and Mariakani. In a statement shared by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) on Thursday, August 8, 2024, it was revealed that Harun Kariuki 33, and Christine Nyakio Kinyua, 2o, are suspected of masterminding a series of heists in […]

Suspect killed, stolen OCS firearm recovered in Kasarani

Detectives have seized a firearm forcefully taken from Vihiga police station OCS during an attack by a criminal gang in December 2023 in Mwiki, Kasarani sub-county. In a statement, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) narrated how the dramatic retrieval unfolded as one member of the gang, in possession of the stolen Jericho pistol, was […]

Police launch probe after another woman is found dead in Roysambu Airbnb

Law enforcement officers have launched an investigation into the mysterious death of an unidentified woman, whose dismembered body was discovered at an Airbnb residence in Roysambu. The woman is said to have checked into the Airbnb with a man, who police are now treating as the main suspect in the killing. Confirming the incident on […]

IPOA launches probe after teacher was shot dead on Christmas eve

The Independent Police Oversight Authority (IPOA) has launched an investigation into Kegonga police station over the death of a teacher on Christmas Day, bringing an end to two days of chaos. On Wednesday, IPOA and Kuria East MP Marwa Kitayama held a town hall meeting in Kegonga town, during which youths removed boulders and vacated […]

Suspect arrested as detectives recover stolen goods worth Ksh10M

Detectives from Nairobi and Kilindini have recovered a shipment of assorted cooking appliances worth over Ksh10 million that had been stolen while in transit from the port of Mombasa to Malindi. The recovery operation took place in the Saika area within Nairobi County. The container, filled with valuable cooking equipment, went missing under suspicious circumstances […]

Two cops die under unclear circumstances in Mombasa

Two police officers based in Mombasa County are reported to have committed suicide. In the first incident, police constable David Koech Kurgat was discovered dead, at Bandari Sacco’s perimeter wall where he had been assigned duties to guard the Saccos disputed land in Kisauni. According to a police statement by Ramadan Ali of Concordia Police […]