Sh 150,000 Bounty For Carjacker Who Enjoys Shooting His Victims In The Head

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Simon Matheri Ikere is top on the list of criminals wanted by the police and has been blamed for the upsurge of violent robbery in Nairobi in recent weeks including the brutal murder of a father and his son near Nairobi last week.

The standard six-drop-out is said to have an extremely short temper and is even known to have killed his friends while on this fatal fits of anger, which results in him drawing his pistol and shooting his victims (mostly in the head) without thinking twice.

He has become so notorious that his family has disowned him and left it to the government to hunt him down and kill him as he has caused them a lot of pain and put their lives in danger as well.

Simon's brothers and parents have been victims of a local vigilante group at Gachie near Nairobi that he is involved in a tit-for-tat bloodletting war with. This has led to the group burning down 8 houses belonging to the Ikere family and killing three families members so far.

The vigilantes have already circulated information to the fearful family that if Simon continues killing people and committing violent crimes, they will wipe out his family hence prompting them to live on the edge of death every day.

Matheri has also been linked to various bank robberies and brazen car jacking incidents where the victims were shot dead in the head, even though they did not offer any resistance or even try to raise an alarm. He is said to introduce himself to his victims prior to carrying out the executions.

Nobody knows how many murders he has committed or how many high profile robberies he has pulled off. Police say 8 murders but the vigilante group puts it at three times that at 24

Police believe that Matheri is responsible for the murder of AIDS researcher, Job Bwayo on February 6 along the Kiserian-Isinya road in an incident where two other motorists were shot dead by his alleged gang.

Why has Matheri eluded the police for so long considering the manhunt that has been out for him for the past two years or so?

It is believed that he has many informers who keep tabs for him including what his family members and relatives are saying about him and he is known to personally carry out executions for those he suspects to have attempted betraying him to the authorities or even talk ill of him.

This has instilled fear especially among those who live in and around Kihara village, Gachie division of Kiambu district, which is his home area, and the place where the mention of his name sends shivers down the spines of the locals.

In spite of the' puffed up' criminal record of Matheri that police have released to the public, the sixth born in a family of 11 remains more of a villain than a hero and just like the proverbial 40 days of a thief, Simon's time is running out as police close in on him.


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