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The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has launched a manhunt for a woman who sprinted from Nyumba Kumi members at Kabachi in Meru on Sunday night after dropping a shopping bag containing an illegal firearm is being sought by the police.
In a statement, the DCI said the woman who has been identified as Kawira Kanyaru was being pursued by the wazee led by the area assistant chief after getting wind that she could have information on a murder suspect on the run.
According to the DCI, the recovered firearm is believed to be in the hands of a wanted suspect Robert Meeme, who, jointly with Kawira’s father (William Kanyaru) and a third suspect Japhet Johana are suspects in a February 17, 2024 murder case over a historical land dispute.
“In the shocking murder incident that occurred at a farm in Luthaya village of Kabachi, the three suspects are reported to have ambushed the deceased’s son while armed with a pistol, a panga and a knife. William Kanyaru is said to have fired one round that missed the targeted son of the deceased, before his late father sped to his rescue,” DCI stated.
The three are said to have shifted their attention to him where they brutally attacked him to death. When police started hunting them down, Kanyaru and Johana surrendered at Mutuati Police Station, but not with the pistol that Kanyaru had been using.
The DCI noted that Kanyaru made the police believe that the third suspect (Meeme) who is still at large was the one possessing it, until last night.
“At around 11 pm last night, the area assistant chief got wind that William Kanyaru’s daughter Kawira had something related to the murder being investigated, they went ahead to mobilize Nyumba Kumi members to join him in the visit to her house,” DCI added.
Kawira managed to run away and dropped a green shopping bag which upon inspection was found to contain her father’s pistol loaded with six rounds of ammunition.
The firearm was surrendered at Mutuati Police Station as Kawira joins the list of wanted suspects in the 70-year-old’s murder.
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