Nakuru- May 18- Two suspects have been arrested in connection with last week’s robbery with violence incident at the Nakuru-based Mwinjoyo Radio Station.
A Nakuru Court allowed police to detain the two suspects arrested for a week.
Nakuru Chief Magistrate Bildad Ochieng Wednesday allowed police to detain the suspects- Elijah Theuri and David Ngugi for seven days, to allow them to conclude investigations into the incident.
The two were arrested on Monday and Tuesday respectively and machetes and swords were recovered at their residencies.
Police filed a miscellaneous application before the court, where they sought more to allow them to conclude investigations.
Investigating officer Eric Wainaina said in an affidavit filed in court he was investigating a case of robbery with violence against the two and six others who are not before the court.
The court heard that the suspects raided Mwinjoyo Radio station on May 12, during a live session, and robbed the presenters and staff of their mobile phones and money amounting to Sh 35,000 among other valuables.
Police said the suspects, while wielding a gun and a panga, stormed the radio station, and conducted the robbery before they threatened to kill their victim.
The station director Moses Ngunjiri lodged a complaint at Kiamaina Police Station prompting the police to launch investigations that led to the arrest of the two suspects.
The police said they needed time to conduct an identification parade of the suspects as well as subject their mobile phones to the Cyber Crime unit at the Directorate of Criminal Investigations Unit in Nairobi for forensic analysis.
Police said the suspects are facing danger from irate members of the public, who could identify them from the live stream recorded during the robbery.
The magistrate directed that the suspects be detained at the Bahati police station pending the conclusion of investigations.
The area has been experiencing various forms of crime amid calls to address the trend.
