A wedding set for Saturday 17th August, 2013 was cut short Monday afternoon after gunmen confronted the couple accompanied by a brother-in-law and short dead the bride-to-be and seriously injured the brother-in-law who later succumbed and passed on at the Kenyatta National Hospital.
The tragic incident took place at a shop in the Nairobi Central Business District a long Kaunda street where Mr. Newton Nyaoke had gone to buy wedding rings in the company of his bride-to-be Beatrice Nyaoke, a mother of four, and a brother Ayub Nyaoke.
According to Mr. Newton Nyaoke, the husband, they had already bough the rings when three gunmen entered the shop, Maru Italian Shoes shop, and ordered them to raise their hands before shooting the bride and his brother Ayub. The ride died on the spot.
“We heed before one of the gunmen shot Beatrice and my brother at close range sparing me,” said Mr. Newton Nyaoke, a guard with KK security.
The gunmen later escaped without stealing anything from the shop and the victims.
“The gangsters left without stealing anything from us or from the shop immediately after the shooting," Mr. Newton confirmed.
The brother-in-law, Ayub Nyaoke, who happens to be a policeman based in Narok was rushed to KNH after sustaining serious head injuries where he succumbed and passed on at around 12:30am.
The couple had been married for 13 years.
According to Patrick Oduma, Central division police commander, they will treat the incident as murder. He said the killings seemed to have been planned and also added that they had launched a hunt for the gunmen.
"We think this is murder because the gang did not steal anything from the victims. They shot her and her brother in law before escaping,” said Oduma.
The shooting brought business along Kaunda street to a stand still as the public gathered in the scene to witness the incident.
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