KEY Suspect To Mombasa Blogger’s Sexual Assault Arrested While Fleeing From Kenya
On Thursday, November 8, police arrested a key suspect in the sexual assault case of Mombasa blogger Bruce John Khajira, also known as Chawa.
The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) confirmed the arrest in a Facebook post, stating that the suspect was apprehended while attempting to flee to neighboring Tanzania.
“One of the prime suspects in the September 12 abduction and subsequent sexual harassment of blogger Bruce John Khajira aka Chawa- 001 has been arrested at the Lunga Lunga border while trying to flee to Tanzania,” the statement read in part.
The DCI revealed that the suspect’s arrest was a collaborative effort by detectives and the Immigration Department.
They claim the Immigration Department provided critical intelligence because they were aware of the suspect’s plans to flee the country.
KEY SUSPECT IN BLOGGER BRUCE KHAJIRA'S CASE ARRESTED
— DCI KENYA (@DCI_Kenya) November 7, 2024
One of the prime suspects in the September 12 abduction and subsequent sexual harassment of blogger Bruce John Khajira aka Chawa – 001 has been arrested at the Lunga Lunga border while trying to flee to Tanzania. The suspect… https://t.co/1jATHmN6la pic.twitter.com/V46oXiSzXy
“The suspect’s arrest was a culmination of days and nights of vigilance by duty-bound detectives working jointly with the Immigration Department, who were privy to the plans by the masterminds to sneak out of the country with all those implicated in the perversion,” noted the police.
The police investigation revealed that the suspect was present at both the primary and secondary scenes of the crime.
This was in addition to maintaining constant contact with the perpetrators of the crime.
Aside from arresting the prime suspect, police revealed that they had also recovered the car used by the suspects to transport Bruce John to and from the crime scene.
“In a painstaking investigation conducted by a select team of DCI Hqs detectives, the suspect was forensically placed at both the primary and secondary scenes of the incident, besides being in constant communication with other known perpetrators before, during, and after the incident,” the police stated.
Furthermore, the police revealed that the main suspect arrested was the person who hired the car.
“The vehicle had been hired by the prime suspect on August 20, this year and returned on September 12, in the evening after the fiendish gang completed their hellish mission. The car has since been intercepted and detained,” they revealed.
The DCI stated that their investigations led them to the primary scene of the crime–a construction site where Bruce John was sexually assaulted. The detectives discovered that the car had been at the scene for approximately two hours.
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“Crime researchers were able to forensically place the said car at the primary scene (where the victim was sexually assaulted) at a County Government of Mombasa construction site within Bonje Area for about two hours, before revving to Mwakirunge area where the victim was dumped,” they stated.
DCI revealed that with the prime suspect now in custody, they were working on arresting the accomplices to the crime, who they said were in different parts of the country.
“With the suspect now in custody and undergoing interrogation, it is just a matter of time before anyone else involved is brought before the firm grip of the law,” they reiterated.
“Several accomplices have since been identified and are holing up in various parts of the country, and the DCI calls upon them to surrender at any police station or DCI offices.”
KEY Suspect To Mombasa Blogger’s Sexual Assault Arrested While Fleeing From Kenya
