Two policemen and other passengers lost cash and other valuables after four armed thugs hijacked the bus they were travelling in.
The two police officers, who were in uniforms, were subjected to the harrowing ordeal in Kinale Forest, along the Nakuru-Nairobi highway in Kenya on Monday night, reports Standard Media.
The passengers who were heading to Naivasha from Nairobi were first stripped naked before they were forced to lie down as the thugs robbed them in the 9pm incident.
It all started when two passengers, a man and a woman, asked the driver to stop so they could alight at Soko Mjinga.
One of the victims, Abraham Karani, said it was while the driver opened the boot of the car so the two could get their luggage that two of the thugs emerged brandishing pistols.
“They took control of the vehicle and drove it to the forest where, for hours, we were beaten and robbed,” said Karani.
Naivasha OCPD Samuel Waweru said the passengers were rescued around 4 am and driven to Naivasha Police Station to record statements.
“The case has however been transferred to Lari Police Station because that is where the incident occurred and we are confident that we shall catch the thugs,” he said.
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