Wanted: Man on the run after pushing off another from high-rise apartment
Police in Nairobi have launched a manhunt for a man who allegedly pushed off another man from the sixth floor of an apartment in Shauri Moyo estate during a fight over an unpaid debt Sunday evening.
Residents told the police that the suspect had walked into the house where the victim, a 22-year-old, resides and a fight broke leading to the incident.
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The man who was thrown off the build is currently admitted at a hospital in Kamkunji Sub-County. The man sustained injuries in his legs and hands.
Residents said it was not the first time that the two men have disagreed over money.
“The main suspect is still at large but we are requesting that he should just surrender himself to the police. Otherwise he is complicating the whole matter and will face more charges,” Nairobi police boss Adamson Bungei said.
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Meanwhile, a man who had allegedly stolen a pair of shoes jumped from the fourth floor of a building in Kahawa Wendani after he was cornered by the residents in another incident that happened on Sunday.
The suspect sustained serious head injuries and also suffered broken legs from the fall. Medics from St Francisca Elizabethan arrived at the scene in an ambulance and decided to take him Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) where he succumbed to his injuries. His body is currently at the KNH mortuary.
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