Detectives launch manhunt for killers of 23 year old student

Detectives based in Juja, Kiambu County, are hunting down three suspects who killed a 23-year-old university student in cold blood Tuesday night, before escaping with his phone and other valuables.

In a statement from Director of Criminal Investigations, Joel Juma, a fourth year Industrial Chemistry student at the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), was stabbed two times on the chest by one of the thugs before they fled to darkness in the 2am incident.

“According to Juma’s girlfriend who is a Law student at the Mt Kenya University, Parklands Campus, she had escorted her boyfriend to get some revision materials from his classmates a few blocks away, when the gang accosted them.” The statement read.

The thugs attacked them on their way home near hotel Lilies, demanding for money and mobile phones.

“Two of them descended on Juma with blows and kicks before stabbing him twice on the left side of his chest, leaving him lying on the ground in a pool of blood.” Read the statement.

The third assailant manhandled the lady who hadn’t carried any valuable and luckily, left her unscathed. Local guards who heard the commotion rushed to the scene and together with the girlfriend, helped Juma to a local dispensary where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

Detectives have since established that a notorious gang, which escaped the ongoing operation to rid Kayole and Dandora of criminals, has found a safe haven in Gachororo, where they are regrouping.

Consequently, a major undercover operation to nab the gang members has been launched in the area.

Detectives from the Crime Research & Intelligence Bureau (CRIB) and the Special Service Unit (SSU) have been dispatched conduct the operation.