Kenya: Two suspected rhino poachers shot dead

Nakuru county Commissioner Mohammed Birik displays a gun  recovered from  the two suspected poachers 

Two people  suspected to be poachers were gunned down by Kenya Wildlife Service rangers Saturday morning within Lake Nakuru National Park.

The rangers found a Mark Four rifle, an axe and a knife from the slain poachers.

The poachers had laid a trap on a known rhino path that leads to a watering hole on the hilly section near Lanet area.

The rangers have been on high alert in the past four months after the park experienced its worst slaughter of rhinos last year where seven rhinos were killed.

Rhinos are a flagship species for Lake Nakuru National Park which markets itself as a sanctuary.


Photo credit: Suleiman Mbathiah