One Dead, Another Injured Following a Violent Gang Robbery of a Chinese-Owned Warehouse in Nairobi

Kenyan investigators and Chinese embassy officials outside a warehouse in suburban Nairobi where a Chinese national was murdered on Friday, September 18, 2021. Image via NTV.

The Chinese embassy in Nairobi is working with local law enforcement to determine who was responsible for a brutal gang robbery of a Chinese-owned warehouse in a Nairobi suburb. Two Chinese nationals were sleeping in the warehouse when the gang broke in last Friday, beat one of the owners to death, and severely injured another person. (ZIMBABWE OBSERVER/津巴布韦观察 — in Chinese)

WARNING: THIS STORY IS NSFW AND CONTAINS A GRAPHIC IMAGE THAT MAY BE DISTURBING TO SOME READERS.

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