A policeman has been shot and injured by his colleague in a friendly fire in Madaraka area, Nairobi. The officers had responded to a scene of robbery when one of them shot and injured his colleague in the leg.
The injured was taken to the hospital. The said thugs who were at a church robbing workers there managed to escape.
Meanwhile, a suspected thug has been shot dead in Kayole by police in a botched robbery incident. The suspect is said to have been in the company of three others and were attacking and robbing locals when police were alerted.
This attracted officers on patrol who responded and killed one while the other accomplices managed to escape on foot. More than 20 suspects have been killed in the area and Dandora in police operations in the past month alone.
Police say they have increased patrols to address rising cases of robberies.
-Cyrus Ombati