Robbery suspect succumbs to midnight gunshots

by Happy Lazaro

gunshots that recently flickered in the middle of the night at Mbuguni area of Arumeru district, resulted into the death of a person suspected to be a robber.

The shots were heard at about midnight, on Sunday the 24^th of August 2003 in the Mbuguni village, near Kilimanjaro International Airport (KIA).

Regional Police Commander, James Kombe, said the shots were discovered to have been fired by the night watchman, who was guarding a solar panel that was stationed in the premises.

It is reported that, the guard (name withheld) saw strange fellows, about five of them, trying to tamper with the solar panel, belonging to the airport. The guard aimed the gun and fired at the suspects. Four of who managed to escape but one of them dropped.

The bullet from the watchman’s shotgun had apparently hit one of the suspects, killing him instantly. The suspects reportedly dropped a number of their weapons including, machetes, knives, and metal rods which they had carried in their mission.

The solar panel which the robbers were trying to steal belongs to the Kilimanjaro International Airport (KIA). 

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