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Police recover slain officer's gun at suspected terrorist's house in Mombasa

A rental house where wanted terror suspect Ismail Mohammed Soshi was hiding before he was shot dead by police. PHOTO | AHMED MOHAMED | NATION MEDIA GROUP

By  MOHAMED AHMED

What you need to know:

  • The officer was identified as Nelson Mwadime from Likoni Police Station.
  • The policeman was shot three times at close range and died instantly as the criminals fled on a motorcycle.
  • The gangsters stole the officer’s loaded G3 rifle when he was escorting a van ferrying maize flour to Pungu area, Shika Adabu, Kwale County.
  • The van was ambushed on the Likoni-Ukunda road.

A firearm recovered from the house of terror suspect Ismail Mohammed Shosi, who was killed on Tuesday, belongs to an officer shot dead by unknown gunmen in January.

The firearm, a G3 rifle, was stolen by the gangsters on a motorcycle after killing the officer in Kwale County.

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