A mob lynched a man they accused of murdering his father in a village in Makueni.
Police said the mob traced the suspect to a shopping centre and dragged
him to his home where he was stoned to death on January 22 night.
He was accused of the murder of his
father whose body was discovered in the area on January 19.
The motive of the murder is yet to be
known.
Police condemned the mob lynching
incident and declared they were investigating murder.
The body was moved to the mortuary
pending autopsy and other investigations.
Police discourage mob lynching and want
suspects to be surrendered for processing and possible prosecution.
Meanwhile, a former student at a Polytechnic was killed in an altercation outside the
institution.
Police said the 24-year-old had called
his colleague at the polytechnic and informed him he had been assaulted in an
altercation.
The other students went to the
polytechnic gate where they found the victim in a kiosk with visible injuries
in the legs and arms.
He was escorted to Kijana Wamalwa
Teaching and Referral Hospital where he succumbed to the injuries.
The body was moved to the mortuary
pending autopsy and investigations.
In Kiminini, Trans Nzoia, a woman was
found dead on the roadside in Gatua area along the Kitale-Eldoret highway.
Police said they suspect the woman was
killed elsewhere and the body dumped at the scene.
The motive of the murder is however yet
to be known.
The woman was identified as Purity
Chepkoech and the body had a deep cut in the head and left leg.
Police said the body also had bruises
on the back.
The body was moved to the mortuary
pending autopsy and other investigations.
Police said no arrest has been made
over the incident.
In the Kasarani area, Nairobi, the body of a
man was found on the roadside near Safari Park Hotel after murder.
He was later identified as Isaac Mwangi
Kagure, 35.
The body had several stab wounds and
was moved to the mortuary pending investigations and autopsy, police said of
the Wednesday murder.
