Stolen police AK-47 recovered from slain suspect in Machakos

Police have recovered an AK-47 from a suspected gangster killed in a gunfight with detectives in Machakos, nine months after the firearm was snatched from a wounded police officer in Mavoko. The recovery has raised fresh questions over how the police rifle, loaded with 30 rounds when it was stolen, remained in criminal hands for nine months before resurfacing at the scene of another violent confrontation. One suspect is dead, his accomplice is on the run, and detectives are now tracing the weapon’s trail and the gang believed to have been using it