Six Rwandan nationals beaten, robbed by notorious Nakuru gang

Six Rwandan nationals are currently nursing injuries after being attacked by members of the notorious ‘Confirm Gang’ in Bondeni, Nakuru County on Sunday.

The six victim; Hazikimana Eziel (25), Juvenal Bucumi(24), Nduwimana Edmond (27), Niyikiza Bernard (23), Chris Charire (28), and Igisubizo Jean Pier (24), were allegedly accosted by the gang at their rental home before being battered and robbed. 

The incident, Rwandese in Nakuru union chair Nshimiyumuremyi Placide says, was preceded by one of the victims, Bucumi, being attacked by gang members en route to his place of work.

The mob allegedly poured coffee that the victim was selling at the time, forcing him to run back home for reinforcements. 

The gang members armed with crude weapons however tailed the man to the rental apartment.

Fearing for their safety, the victims locked themselves in the house which was soon after broken into by at least 15 of the gang members.

The thugs proceeded to assault the six before robbing them after gaining access to the premises. According to Placide, the victims sustained burns and stab wounds during the altercation. 

“We thank our neighbours for calling the police officers who responded swiftly and rescued them. We have been living here for so long but we have never quarreled over anything. I wonder why they did this to us. We love peace, we just plead with them to stop attacking us,” Placide told the Nation newspaper. 

“We just came to Kenya to work and improve our lives, not to cause chaos, and we are here legally. We have our documents except for those whose were stolen, we plead with the Rwandan embassy to intervene.”

The victims also allege that they received deportation threats from the gang prior to the incident.

Confirming the incident, Nakuru Town East Police Commander Elena Kabukuru said that two gang members had been arrested in connection with the occurrence. 

"The two were arrested yesterday and were taken to court today according to the law, but we requested the court through a miscellaneous application to allow us hold the two suspects for five more days to complete with investigations which we were granted," said Kabukuru.

The incident comes almost one month after four South Sudan nationals sustained serious burns while one other succumbed to injuries after a mob set their house on fire in Nakuru's Mawanga Estate.