CCTV footage reveals chilling details of robbers shooting MPesa traders in Nairobi
Two armed robbers killed two sellers at the busy Adams Market in Woodley, Nairobi county, according to police.
Traders Sophia Gathoni and Paul Githingi were shot and killed by miscreants who were targeting M-Pesa outlets on Saturday, June 11.
Gathoni was about to close her shop at around 7 p.m. when a man walked in demanding cigarettes, according to terrifying CCTV footage obtained by Mkenyaleo.co.ke.
He, on the other hand, was on a different mission. When Gathoni, 53, entered the business, he confronted her and brandished a revolver at her before shooting her.
The robber’s accomplice tries to push his way into the shop, as seen in the video, but she fights him off.
During the battle, the thief shot her for the fourth time, and she collapsed, howling in anguish.
Concerned traders raced to her shop in an attempt to save her.
Githinji, on the other hand, was shot just a few meters from Gathoni’s business.
The man was responding to the lady’s distress call.
They were taken to Nairobi Women’s Hospital by ambulance. Githinji, unfortunately, died a few hours later.
On Tuesday, June 12, Gathoni was brought to the Intensive Care Unit, where she died from gunshot wounds.
Eric Kamau, the lady’s son, claimed the postmortem results showed his mother was shot in the chest and arm.
“According to the postmortem, she received multiple gun shots; moja ilipita through mkono ika exit, ika re-enter tena through kifua, ikaenda ikapass through the lungs, liver na ika-exit. Hiyo ingine ikaenda ikaland nyuma ya mgongo,” said Kamau.
The bullets that were extracted from the victims’ bodies were taken to the newly launched National Forensic Laboratory for ballistic examination. No suspect has been arrested so far.
So far, no suspects have been apprehended.
