Four men disguising themselves as police officers on Monday exchanged fire with the police in Mombasa before they were overpowered.
During the shootout said to have lasted about 10 minutes, security officers recovered fake police certificates, several ATM and identification cards, a real gun, homemade pistol and handcuffs.
Three of them were reportedly arrested while one who was armed with a gun escaped towards the ocean with bullet wounds.
Police responded after residents alerted them on a suspicious vehicle spotted along the Mombasa-Malindi highway in Kisauni.
Area OCPD Richard Ngatia told the Standard that security agents stopped the vehicle used by the suspects near Travelers Beach Hotel as it headed to Mtwapa.
On Monday, police killed a military officer in Kitui who had murdered his ex-girlfriend after allegedly leaving him for another man.
