Police in Mombasa have killed three suspected criminals and arrested about 300 others in the last two weeks even as they warn of an impending swoop targeting gangs.
This comes as gangsters in Likoni went on a rampage on Monday while returning from the burial of a colleague, who was felled by police bullets, forcing schools to end learning prematurely.
The Mombasa county security committee has announced a major operation targeting juvenile gangs that continue to wreak havoc especially in Kisauni, Nyali and Likoni sub-counties.
Wakali Kwanza, Wajukuu wa Bibi, and Wakali Wao are among the gangs, mostly of boys, who are terrorising residents and scaring away investors from the tourism hub.
County commissioner Gilbert Kitiyo and woman representative Asha Hussein have told the police to rein in the gangs.
