Two students rescued from Kidnappers in Machakos

Machakos, 

Thursday, 2 November, 2023. 

McCreadie Andias 

Officers from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations Crime Research and Intelligence Bureau unit have conducted an operation that has led to the rescue of two tertiary level students. 

The two who went missing on October 27,2023 had been kidnapped by two male suspects who held them hostage at an AirBnB at Elgon View apartments in Kitengela, Machakos County while demanding for a Ksh 6 million ransom. 

The Operation also led to the arrest of the two suspected Kidnappers Brian Ombasa Omoso, 25 and Humphrey Hinga, 22. 

The two have been held into custody pending arraignment to the charges. 

A fake pistol, a dagger, subscriber sim cards used to contact the parents, fake front and rear car registration plates (KDD 881M) believed to have been used during their transportation and assorted tools were also recovered from the hostage room.

According to the DCI, the two are believed to have been working jointly with a dangerous female accomplice on the loose to identify and lure targeted victims, in their trap and abduct them for ransom. 

Meanwhile a manhunt for the female who is believed to have lured the two students into the Kidnappers hands is still underway.