Deadly gangs that have been perpetrating daring robberies and blatant murders in Dandora and Kayole estates are now using home-made guns.
This is according to investigative reports by the police.
Apparently, the gangs have a found a home-made gun maker who is currently being shielded by a gang in Dandora. According to the police, the maker of the guns is disabled and notorious.
The homemade pistols are said to be capable of firing bullets.
The investigations were triggered by a series of home-made gun recoveries in fire exchanges involving the Kayole Gaza Gang and the police.
On Monday, for instance, two home-made firearms were recovered when suspects, who were robbing members of the public were accosted and shot by police in Mowlem and Kayole.
In Mowlem, police trailed suspects, who were robbing people in Maili Saba at 3.30pm. One suspect was gunned down while the other one escaped. The Kayole incident happened in Step-one area. A total of five rounds of ammunition were recovered from the suspects gunned down during the two incidents.
Other guns were recovered in Soweto, Eastleigh’s Muratina Road, Riruta, Pangani’s Captain Mungai Road, Zimmermann, Makadara and Buruburu in the past two weeks.
In one of the incidents in Kariobangi, a man, James Maina, 40, who was assaulting his girlfriend in her house was gunned down when he shot at police officers who were responding to her distress call. A homemade pistol was recovered from him.
