On Monday evening, the police arrested five suspects whom they were chasing and resorted to throwing a grenade at the police.

Reports indicate that it was a gang of nine whom the police spotted riding at very high speed on their motor vehicles.

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Police manning the area at that time resorted to chase after them as they evaded towards Mathare North. The suspects then threw a grenade at the police. The police however managed to intercept them at Drive-In stage.

“One of them threw a hand grenade at the officers and ran towards Mathare direction,” part of the report sent to Vigilance House, the police headquarters in the capital.

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