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Nyeri man cheats death after wrestling AK-47 from assailant

AK-47 rifle. [Twitter, DCI]

A 55–year-old man has been praised for his brave action after snatching an AK-47 rifle from a robber who had attacked him at Chaka Market, Nyeri County.

Irungu Mwangi was accosted last night around 8 pm while walking home after work when he was attacked by the suspected robber near Chaka Primary School before he was pinned down and asked to surrender all the cash he had.

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