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Form Four student among ‘gang’ members killed by police

A police officer displays a pistol and two homemade guns that were recovered from a car whose seven occupants were gunned down by police along Nyeri-Nairobi highway near Makutano on September 5, 2017. PHOTO | JOSEPH KANYI | NATION MEDIA GROUP

What you need to know:

  • The body of 18-year-old Stephen Macharia, a student at Twilight Secondary School, Nairobi was identified by his parents at Murang’a Hospital Mortuary.
  • Police said detectives from the Special Crimes Prevention Unit had been trailing the seven who were believed to be on a robbery mission in Nyeri before they were intercepted and killed in a gun battle at Makutano. 

A Form Four student was among seven suspected Gaza gang members killed by police at Makutano Township on Tuesday.

The body of 18-year-old Stephen Macharia, a student at Twilight Secondary School, Nairobi was identified by his parents at Murang’a Hospital Mortuary.