Recce squad kill second suspect in ongoing shootout with thugs in Nairobi

Muthangari OCS Krop Lipa has been shot and seriously wounded in a shootout with suspected thugs in Lavington area, Nairobi in a siegealong Mzima Springs Lane in Lavington

Police say one suspect has been killed in the shootout that started 1 pm. Two other suspects are held hostage in a residential house which police have surrounded. Witnesses say there is a fierce shootout. "More cops including GSU personel have arrived at the scene, a suspect still holed up in a private residence where is hiding."

Lipa was injured in the stomach and has undergone an operation at the Nairobi hospital. Nairobi police boss Ben Kibue says the gunmen are heavily armed.

-standardmedia