Employees and clients at a popular carwash in Nairobi's Embakasi estate were on Sunday, October 3, held hostage by a gang of 40-men who raided the premises.
The gang seized the carwash in Lukache area of Embakasi Central .
According to witnesses, members of the gang surrounded the business premises, gained access through the main gate as well as climbing up the perimeter wall.
"I saw young men climbing down the wall chanting, 'kill them, kill them'," one witness narrated.
The men were allegedly armed with crude weapons which they used to attack security guards manning the gate. As a result, the guards sustained injuries .
Employees stated that they were cornered by marauding gang members to one spot of the carwash area. They then proceeded to take some of the machines and other electronics used in the premises.
The gang members then loaded their loot onto a pick up which they had driven into the compound.
In addition, clients who were in a restaurant in the same compound were not spared in the attack as the goons also robbed them of their valuables.
Despite reporting the matter to the police, no one has been arrested.
Security guards blamed that the slow response by the police on the adding that if the police had acted fast on their distress call, they would not have incurred much loss.
"All we ask is that the police receive reports, they should respond immediately as they could be saving the lives of others," one witness said.
Employees in the carwash and the restaurant have since lost their jobs owing to the attack as gates of the business premise remain locked.
