Lang’ata Police Station. Elijah Maina Lang’ata OCPD, said the suspect was arrested when police found him and another man, who escaped, erecting illegal barriers using huge stones. “We have launched a manhunt for the suspect who is at large and I think the one in our custody will help us in our investigations,” he said. It is not clear whether the suspect at large was armed, but motorists who had fallen victim to the duo reported that one of the robbers was armed with a small pistol. According to the Police, the suspects targeted motorists day and night, and that there had been several attempts to arrest them without success. Mr Eric Wamenyo a victim, said the suspects had tried to rob him on Monday afternoon but they escaped after they saw an oncoming police vehicle on the opposite side of the road. “There was traffic and I saw them in front of me. “One of them was brandishing a gun and he asked the woman motorist to open the window. “She obliged and the other guy who was not armed reached out for her purse and took some things from it. “For a while, I could not see them but as the traffic started moving, I saw them ahead of me. “They then came straight towards me and asked me to open the window. “This time, they did not show me a gun but as I was still wondering what would happen next, they suddenly ran away and that is when I realised that they had seen a police vehicle that was heading towards Lang’ata,” Mr Wamenyo said, adding that the duo escaped towards Kibera.
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