Kenya Kilimani Construction Site Robbery: Three Chinese Nationals Held Hostage in Nairobi; Police Hunt Site Guard and Three Men
NAIROBI, Kenya — Three Chinese nationals were held hostage and robbed at a construction site in Nairobi's Kilimani area overnight from October 25 to 26, and police are hunting the site's guard and three men in connection with the case. Capital FM, citing a police report, said the robbery took place at the Luna Oak construction site on Kilungu Road in Kilimani.
According to the police report, at about 11 p.m. on October 25, one of the residents returned to the site and found the guard, Augustine Momanyi, out of uniform and in the company of three men; he was attacked with a knife, his keys were taken, and he was bound with rope and locked in a bathroom. Around midnight, two other Chinese nationals, Chen Guangjun, 37, and Yang Bin, 40, returned to the site and were also held. The robbers pried open other rooms, ransacked them for valuables and removed the CCTV equipment.
The police report's itemized losses show Chen Guangjun lost an iPhone 13 Pro, an iPhone 10 and a Huawei phone, a Huawei laptop, 50-inch and 45-inch television sets, 50 bags of scaffolding materials, two generators and 30,000 Kenyan shillings in cash, with a further 10,000 shillings transferred from his Stanbic bank account and 87,000 shillings from his M-Pesa account. Yang Bin lost an Oppo phone and 80,000 shillings in cash, with another 2,000 shillings transferred out. Qian Hongxing, 53, lost two Oppo phones.
The three victims managed to raise the alarm at about 5 a.m. on October 26. Police examined the scene and recovered tools used in the crime, and the three were taken to Nairobi Hospital in stable condition. Police say guard Augustine Momanyi is suspected of colluding in the robbery and is being sought, and the three men's identities are still under investigation. Police have not said whether anyone has been arrested or any property recovered, and all allegations are subject to the police investigation.
Source: GSM · America
Source: GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 图：肯尼亚内罗毕基利马尼区环路街景资料图（Queen Asali 摄，CC BY-SA 4.0，Wikimedia Commons），非案发现场。File photo of Ring Road in Kilimani, Nairobi, Kenya (by Queen Asali, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons); not the crime scene.
