TRAGIC: How Armed Robbers Shot Dead KBC Visual Editor | SEE DETAILS
Faith Ukanwa
Apr 08, 2021
A Kenya Broadcasting Corporation(KBC) journalist, Betty Barasa was reportedly shot dead by suspected armed robbers at her home in Oloolua, Ngong area in Kajiado County.
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Barasa, who was a video editor at the national broadcaster, KBC, was shot on Wednesday April 7, as she returned from work at about 8pm.
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The Area Direct Commission Intelligence Officer( DCIO), Joseph Chesimet, confirming the incident on Thursday, said the journalist was accosted by suspected robbers when she was driving into her compound.
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According to the police, Barasa was accosted at the gate by a three-man armed gang as she entered her new home at Ololua in Ngong before being led into the house where they held her family hostage.
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"When they entered her home, the family said the armed robbers demanded money from the family and also took away electronic gadgets.
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"They ransacked the house but only found laptops and a few other electronicsÔÇØ police said.
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Barasa's family said, the three men had been waiting for her to arrive and two of them were armed with AK47 rifles.
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As she drove in, they forced their way in, prompting the house help, who had gone to open the gate, to run into the darkness as she screamed to raise alarm.
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The gang then followed the Basara up to where she had parked and ordered her out before leading her into the house at gunpoint.
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The robbers escorted her to the house where her husband and children were before one of them took her upstairs.
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After a few minutes, her children and husband, who had at this point been taken to different rooms, heard two gunshots.
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— Faith Ukanwa