Detectives attached to the DCI‘s Serious Crimes Unit have this morning arrested a suspect following a spate of disappearances of young college girls from their homes.
21 year-old Rashid Barasa Omari’s online profile is that of a person capable of sponsoring his victims to holiday destinations.
On the strength of such a profile, he preys and pounces on his victims after fishing them from the comments section appearing on tour and travel advertisements.
He later lures them to lodgings in Nairobi after sending them bus fare, then robs them off their valuables before disappearing to his hideout.
Upon arrest, the suspect led detectives to his house where valuables including laptops, mobile phones and handbags belonging to other victims were recovered.
DCI is now appealing to young college students to be wary of such criminals preying on them on social networking sites.
The hunter has today become the hunted.
Detectives attached to the Serious Crimes Unit have this morning arrested a suspect following a spate of disappearances of young college girls from their homes. pic.twitter.com/PWWfMIEPGY
— DCI KENYA (@DCI_Kenya) November 7, 2020
The 21-year-old Rashid Barasa Omari preys, pounces and later coerces his victims who he fishes from the comments section appearing on Tour and Travel advertisements.
Omari presents himself as a person capable of sponsoring his victims to the advertised destinations. pic.twitter.com/QOTtWPiVSz
— DCI KENYA (@DCI_Kenya) November 7, 2020
