Two men suspected of shooting and stealing Ksh3.9 million from a Kenyan businessman in the Eastleigh area in Nairobi have been found dead.
According to reports, the bodies of the two suspects and that of a woman suspected to be a partner were retrieved from different areas in Nairobi and Kiambu Counties.
It is suspected the three were murdered. The bodies of the first suspect and his girlfriend were found around the Juja and Lari areas in Kiambu County.
The second suspect’s lifeless body was retrieved from a place not disclosed. The bodies were transferred to Nairobi’s City mortuary.
The autopsy reports conducted at the facility indicate that the three died by drowning, as large amounts of water were visible in the lungs.
On Monday, the main suspect was buried at the Kariokor cemetery, following the Islamic culture that requires the deceased to be buried within 24 hours after their death.
On April 4, police tracked and arrested one of the suspects in Mombasa. The man was in the process of purchasing a vehicle with money suspected to be from the robbery.
The horrific incident, captured on CCTV from one of the neighbouring shops in the busy Eastleigh shopping centre, revealed two men in a motorbike, shooting and grabbing a bag from the victim identified as Adan Ali Mohamed.
Speaking to the press the following day, the victim's relative revealed that Adan had sustained a spinal cord injury resulting from the bullet which entered through his neck and exited through the back.
"He was taking two-day sales of cooking oil to the bank. He found the bank closed and called his colleague to inform him," a relative explained.
"He was told to take a motorbike and within a half-kilometer, he was accosted by thieves whose origins were unknown. He was shot and robbed of the money."
According to the hospital, Adan required a special procedure to return functionality in both his legs which were affected by the injury.
