Detectives have arrested a man allegedly responsible for the murder of a Greek national on October 15 this year.
According to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) Peter Waithaka, 33, believed to be the head of a gang behind the daylight armed robberies in Kilimani and its environs, was arrested Sunday evening at Makongeni in Nairobi’s Eastlands area.
“His arrest followed a 48-hour well-calculated operation conducted by the Kilimani-based sleuths, who used bait to trap the serial killer who has previously served 6 years behind bars for a similar offence,” DCI stated.
In the October incident, the suspect together with two accomplices on a numberless motorbike accosted the Greek national, Alex Marcopaulo, at the Menellik /Ngong road junction and violently took away a rucksack that he was carrying before one of them then whipped out a pistol and shot the victim once on the right side of the chest, before taking off on a motorbike.
“Efforts by doctors at the Nairobi Women’s hospital to save the victim’s life were fruitless as he later succumbed to the gunshot injury,” DCI added.
In a separate incident on September 29, the armed thugs had confronted 4 Dutch tourists outside Silver Harbour apartment along Kindaruma road and robbed them ferociously of their cell phones, cash, and jewelry before fleeing on a motorbike with covertly hidden license plate numbers toward Ngong road.
The thugs fired two bullets into the air as they ran away to frighten off onlookers who had come to the aid of the trapped tourists’ distress call.
The goons got stuck in the 8am incident as the Dutch tourists waited to board a tour van to Nairobi National Park.
The suspect who was released recently from prison took detectives to his house in Wangige, Kiambu county, where crucial exhibits related to the robbery incidents were recovered and documented.
“Detectives have been working nonstop ever since to identify the criminal gang and bring them all to justice,” DCI stated.
Police have launched an operation to arrest the remaining suspects as they follow crucial leads on their whereabouts.
“We thank the DCI Kilimani command and all the other officers involved for the well-executed operation leading to the arrest of the dangerous jailbird,” said DCI.
