Four houses were on Thursday night torched at Lwanda village in Kabondo Kasipul after the death of a 65-year-old granny over a land row.
Angry residents burnt the houses of a man suspected to be in connection with the killing of Mary Pete.
Mary's body was found dumped near her home on Thursday morning by a primary school pupil who alerted the locals.
A physical look at the body showed signs that Mary was strangled to death before her body was dumped.
Area chief Samuel Okoko said the woman's family members last saw her on Wednesday evening.
She was spotted at Misambi market in the company of her daughter-in -law who left her there.
"The daughter-in-law said they waited for Mary the whole night but she never returned," Okoko said.
Residents suspected Mary’s step-son to have executed the murder. The two had a dispute over the ownership of a family land in the village.
A mob stormed the suspect's home and torched his three houses. They also razed the suspect's mother’s house.
Rachuonyo South OCPD Patrick Onsando said the suspect was arrest connection with the granny's murder.
"We rescued him after a group of residents wanted to lynch him. We are holding for investigations into the old woman's killing," Onsando said.
