Mystery as two men found dead with deep cuts in Athi River

Mystery surrounds the killing of two men whose bodies were found dumped off Mombasa Road in Athi River, Machakos County.

A third victim who has deep cuts is fighting for his life in hospital, police said.

According to police and locals, the victims had deep panga cuts and seemed to have been killed elsewhere and dumped at the site.

The motive of the incident is yet to be known, police said adding no arrest had been made so far.

Pedestrians reported that the bodies of the men were lying near a petrol station with deep cuts.

Police visited the scene and established one victim had no identification documents.

The second slain man was identified as Robert Irungu Makeri, 61.

The injured man was also aged 64 and was identified as Samuel Njoroge.

The victims had deep cuts and it is not clear where they were attacked and why.

The bodies were moved to the mortuary while the injured were in hospital pending autopsy and probe respectively.

Police said they are waiting for the injured man to recover for grilling to establish what happened.

It is believed the victims were attacked elsewhere, transported and dumped at the scene.

Police said they are among others reviewing security cameras on nearby structures and roads as part of efforts to know the killers.

Elsewhere, police are investigating an incident in which the body of a man was found in a kiosk after a suspected murder in Njoro, Nakuru County.

The deceased was identified as Michael Kibet. His body had bruises on the elbows and forehead.

Police said they were called and informed the body had been found at the scene on Monday, February 24 morning long after the deceased had been killed.

The motive of the murder was not immediately established, police said.

The body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy and other investigations.

Meanwhile, two people were killed in a road accident along the Chepterit-Chemundu road, in Nandi County.

This is after two motorcycles collided head-on.

Police said as a result of the clash, two riders died while three pillion passengers suffered serious injuries.

The injured were rushed to the Kapsabet County Referral Hospital while the deceased’s bodies were preserved at the local mortuary.

Police said they are investigating the incident.

Riders are some of the leading causes of fatal accidents in the country.