By Juma Mboko
Police in Mombasa have arrested five suspects believed to be part of a 15-member gang that has been terrorising old town residents and which was days ago videotaped while assaulting members of the public.
In the CCTV footage, the young men were captured in two separate incidents, terrorizing two men who were going about their businesses Tuesday.
The five, who are among those captured in the footage, were separately arrested Thursday evening in Kibokoni, Kikowani and Makadara areas of Mombasa town.
The criminals include Ahmed Ali, Brian Ogutu, Abdala Mohamed alias MBULO, Vidich Nzilu and Noordin Mohamed alias MBAVU nene.
Detectives have since established that the five belong to a recently formed notorious squad known as the ‘Haipingwi’ gang, responsible for the sudden upsurge of crime in Mombasa’s Old town.
The other criminals who are at large have been asked to surrender to police with security officers warning that law will soon catch up with them.
