Thugs shoot, kill Iraqi national in mobile phone theft in Lavington Nairobi
Gunmen riding on a motorcycle shot and killed an Iraqi national in a robbery of his mobile phone in Nairobi’s Lavington area.
Hanna Mazini Matti, an employee of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), was jogging alone near his residence along Gitanga Road when three gunmen riding on a motorcycle struck on Friday at about 6.30 pm.
Witnesses told police that the gunmen approached the victim and demanded his mobile phone and cash.
The incident happened outside Muthangari Gardens.
He resisted, prompting a brief tussle before he was shot in the right knee.
The gang grabbed his mobile phone and rode off on a motorcycle whose registration numbers had been concealed.
Nairobi deputy police boss James Mugera said the victim bled profusely as he was being rushed to the hospital by a Good Samaritan, who arrived at the scene.
He was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital.
IOM spokesperson Yvonne Ndege said the deceased had been working with the UN as a finance officer for over a year.
She said he had left his home country with his wife and three children with hopes of helping more refugees only to meet his death in Nairobi.
“He survived his homeland troubles only for him to meet death in Nairobi. It is unfortunate for this to happen to him,” said Ndege.
She added they are working with authorities to arrest those behind the killing.
Police believe the gang was after the victim’s mobile phone.
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