Police in Nairobi have gunned down the new leader of the dreaded Katombi gang that has been terrorizing city residents.
The gangster nicknamed Fadhili Mgaza was shot dead in Nairobi’s Mathare area on Tuesday evening after engaging police in a shootout.
Fadhili was among four Katombi gang members who managed to escape following a shootout in Mathare last December when their de-facto leader identified as Ngaruiya was shot dead by detectives.
The gang had attacked pedestrians along Mau Mau road in Bondeni, Mathare sub-county before detectives swung into action.
Ngaruiya was killed on the spot but Fadhili and three others scampered for dear life by swimming in a sewer line infested with raw sewage.
Police say the gang regrouped under the leadership of Fadhili and continued to terrorize residents of Huruma, Mathare and Pangani areas.
While conducting foot patrols on Tuesday evening, Pangani-based detectives encountered the wanted gangster who was on a motorbike terrorizing pedestrians at Mlango Kubwa in Mathare.
Upon spotting the officers, Fadhili fired at them as the bike sped towards the informal settlement. The officers fired back at the thug, tossing him from the speeding bike to the ground. His accomplice, who was riding the bike sped deep into the settlement.
“Fadhili’s demise left the Katombi gang that had almost created a fiefdom in the Mathare valley heavily wounded, after losing its second commander in less than two months,” the Directorate of Criminal Investigations says in a report.
A firearm loaded with three rounds of 9mm caliber was recovered from the thug.
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