- Kenyan police say they have arrested the main suspect in a deadly gas blast.
- Six people died in the disaster, and around 280 others were injured.
On February 6, Kenyan police said they had arrested the main suspect in a deadly gas blast that triggered a huge fireball in a densely populated area of Nairobi last week.
Six people died in the disaster, and around 280 others were injured when a truck loaded with gas canisters exploded in the Embakasi neighbourhood of the city last week.
Kenya’s Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) said that the teams investigating the dreadful incident have so far arrested the main suspect, Derrick Kimathi, alongside three NEMA officials who were found culpable.
The DCI statement said, “Five other suspects are still at large and are wanted by the DCI to answer to their crimes that have caused untold physical and emotional suffering to fellow Kenyans.”
These include the site manager, another two NEMA employees, a truck driver, and another driver, it said. On Tuesday, Nairobi Governor Sakaja Johnson ordered the closure of all gas businesses in residential areas across the city. The huge inferno left a trail of destruction in the residential and industrial areas, destroying vehicles, business premises and residential homes.