By Cyrus Ombati
Police in Nairobi are on high alert after they were informed that a car
packed with explosives was headed for a mission in the city centre.
The
navy blue Subaru Forester car registration number KAQ152E, said to be
carrying ready bombs for detonation then, drove through dragnets on
Thursday as police sounded an alarm saying they wanted it.
It has not been found since then and it is not clear if the information
on it carrying the explosives is indeed credible. This was after it
emerged that the same gang of three had changed the explosives to
another car on Thursday night.
Detectives have been put on alert in the city and want the public at large to be vigilant and help them in tracing it.
The car was spotted in Ngara area and Tom Mboya Street in the city but
sped off as police chased it on foot because of the heavy traffic jam
that was being experienced then.
Some police officers have blamed their colleagues for enabling the car
to evade their dragnet arguing had they been keen, it could have been
intercepted.
“We wonder how and why the car managed to pass through the city centre
when it had been widely circulated following intelligence it had
explosives. There was laxity if indeed the information was correct,”
said a senior officer who asked not to be named.
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