Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) on Saturday, November 30, gunned down an armed robber.
The suspect, believed to be in his 20s, was killed following a shootout with detectives along the Southern Bypass.
On Twitter, the DCI the officers were acting on an intelligence tip-off.
The deceased is said to have had an accomplice who escaped and is being tracked down by the police.
Some of the items recovered from the scene of the shootout include a pistol, an ID card and multiple mobile phones.
On Thursday, November 28, an unidentified man was gunned down by police in Bondeni, Mombasa after he was involved in an altercation with one of the officers.
A report published by Citizen Digital indicated that the man had tried to violently rob an officer of his firearm, just before he was killed.
Mombasa Police boss Eliud Monari, issued a statement on the same, in which he confirmed that the suspect had assaulted the officer.
"The suspect assaulted the officer from behind with a stone. The officer fell unconscious and the man proceeded to try to make away with the officer's firearm," he narrated.
