DCI officer shot dead in clash with gunman in Taveta TownA police officer attached to Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) was Monday night killed in a shootout with suspected robbers in Taveta town, Taita Taveta County. The officer was with his colleagues when he was shot by a gunman linked to an earlier robbery in Mombasa that was caught on CCTV cameras. DCI George Kinoti said the suspect was able to kill and harm because he had been released from jail where he belongs. Police said the officer had trailed the suspects from Mombasa and that he had also been working with police in Taveta to arrest them. The men are believed to be members of a notorious group behind a series of robberies in Mombasa town.

Source: Standard Digital March 26, 2019 07:29 UTC