Actor and filmmaker Abel Mutua has recounted a terrifying ordeal after being robbed at knife-point in Kahawa West, Nairobi.
In an update shared on Wednesday, October 8, Mutua — famed for his roles in Tahidi High revealed that the incident occurred on Tuesday night.
The award-winning content creator noted that the attackers made away with several valuable items but expressed gratitude for escaping unharmed.
Filmmaker Abel Mutua Survives Night Robbery in Kahawa West. Photo: Courtesy.
Mutua moreover stated that the robbery took place near the Kenyatta University Teaching, Referral & Research Hospital (KUTRRH) morgue.
The incident comes just weeks after detectives arrested a man accused of staging a gunpoint robbery against a charcoal vendor in Mukurweini, Nyeri County, during which the trader lost Ksh200,000.
In a statement issued on Wednesday, September 17, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) identified the suspect as James Kanyi Gachara, who was apprehended following a complaint lodged by the victim.
According to the DCI, the suspect had lured the trader with a fake business deal involving the purchase of 20 sacks of charcoal.
Once the order was ready, the vendor was ambushed, and the suspect allegedly withdrew the victim’s money from his bank account during the robbery.
