5 thugs gunned down, one escape in foiled robbery attempt in Juja.

Police in Juja early last night gunned down 5 suspected gangsters in an a foiled armed robbery attack at a petrol station along the Thika Superhighway in Highpoint area.

According to police, the suspects drove into Lexo Petrol Station in a Touareg Volkswagen vehicle at around 8:30am and immediately brandished pistols and an AK-47 rifle.

Luckily, for the victims, police officers on patrol were alerted and ambushed the thugs, killing five of them on the spot.

One of the thugs managed to escape with the AK-47 firearm.

Three firearms were recovered from the felled gangsters.