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Fresh details on Sh12 billion Akasha drug deal, murders and kidnappings

Baktash Akasha (left) and his brother Ibrahim Akasha (right) when they appeared in a Mombasa court for their extradition case. (File, Standard)

In 2014, a lone man walked streets of a South African city unaware that the steps were to be his last.

As he enjoyed the cool winter breeze, a man appeared from the crowd and shot him 32 times, his body shredded by the sheer violence of the act.

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