Undercover detectives have shot dead two suspected criminals in Ruaka, Kiambu County.
According to Kiambaa sub-county police commander Phineas Ringera, the two together with two other who escaped with gun wounds attempted to to rob a local supermarket in Ruaka town.
An ambush was laid on them prompting a shootout that saw a police officer get shot in the neck.
The injured officer was taken to Nairobi West Hospital in a stable condition.
A police firearm, serial number F2894 was recovered.
The police have launched a manhunt for the two thugs who escaped.
