Cops kill two gang members
25/09/2007 12:13  - (SA)  

Kenyan policeman beheaded 'Head' of killer group charged 'Gang boss' up for drug dealing 'Gang leader' up for beheadings

Nairobi - Kenyan police on Tuesday shot dead two members of the Mungiki gang, blamed for a string of grisly crimes, and recovered two assault rifles, said a spokesperson.

National police spokesperson Eric Kiraithe said the pair, who allegedly killed a policeman on Monday, was gunned down in the central Kenyan town of Kiambu.

Kiraithe said: "We killed them this morning and recovered two guns. An AK-47 rifle with four rounds of ammunition was taken from the killed policeman and a G3 with 13 rounds of ammunition."

Once a religious group of dreadlocked youths who embraced traditional rituals, authorities said the Mungiki sect had morphed into a ruthless gang blamed for criminal activities including extortion and murder.

Since March, the gang had been accused of murdering at least 43 people - beheading several of their victims - mainly in Nairobi slums and central Kenya.

The wave of killings peaked in June, raising fears of widespread instability in Kenya ahead of general elections due in December, but a police crackdown had since curbed the violence.

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