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Three arrested over crime spree in Gem, Siaya

The suspects - Albert Otieno, Farid Kimutai, and John Okumu - had been on the run following a series of brutal attacks, including a deadly robbery on January 3, 2025.

Three robbery with violence suspects have been arrested by police in Gem, Siaya County.

Albert Otieno, Farid Kimutai, and John Okumu are said to be behind a series of robbery with violence incidents late last month when they vandalized a transformer causing a power outage in the area.

After the vandalism, they ruthlessly killed a 29-year-old watchman Absalom Sande, and seriously injured another, 42-year-old Francis Nyambese, before breaking into a phone accessories shop and stealing a laptop, three smartphones, and other valuables.

“In a shocking display of brutality, on January 20, 2025, at Nyang’oma Market, the three together with their accomplices vandalized a transformer, causing a power outage in the said market. They thereafter ruthlessly killed the watchman, Absalom Sande, aged 29, and seriously injured another, Francis Nyambese, aged 42, before breaking into a phone accessories shop and stealing a Dell laptop, three smartphones, and other valuables,” the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) said in a statement.

Early this year, the three are also alleged to have been attacked and killed by a forty-year-old watchman at a timber yard and hardware store near Ulumbi Junction along the Busia-Kisumu Highway.

On the fateful day, the trio mercilessly attacked and killed Jesse Kalasinga, before brazenly stealing assorted hardware goods.

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