A security guard was on Sunday night shot dead during a robbery at Mountain Mall, Thika Road.
The incident is said to have taken place at around 9 pm moments before a supermarket within the mall was set to close.
According to those in the know, at least four armed thugs were surveilling the area when the deceased confronted them.
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It is during the exchange that they opened fire. He was shot in the head and chest.
“Two were pretending to be shoppers but they were actually on a surveillance mission,” a detective told Capital FM News.
Witnesses said that the thugs made away with a briefcase with an unknown amount of money.
“They went with a briefcase full of cash,” a witness said.
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