Narok police probe cold-blooded murder of herdsman and boda boda rider

Police remove the bodies of two people killed at Motonyi area of Narok county. /KIPLANG'AT KIRUI
Police remove the bodies of two people killed at Motonyi area of Narok county. /KIPLANG'AT KIRUI

Police in Narok have launched a

probe into the cold-blooded

murder of a boda boda

rider and a herdsman in Motonyi in the outskirts of the town on

Thursday

night.

The bodies of Elias Njeru, who worked at a dairy farm, and his friend

Robert Kirimi, where found lying in a pool of blood at the farmhouse. They had injuries on their heads.

County Commissioner George Natembeya said one suspect, a boda

boda rider, has

been arrested in connection with the killings.

He said the

suspecthad blood stains on his T-shirt and had injuries on his nose, head and hand.

Farmer owner Michael Nderitu said one of his workers called him early in the morning to report about

blood

in one of his servant's

house.

He

said the previous night the two had gone out to an entertainment joint in Narok town where they engaged in a quarrel with their friends.

It is believed that they were followed to the house and murdered.

Nderitu said the boda boda

rider, who was killed, introduced him to Njeru who had worked at his farm for the last one month.

The bodies were taken to Narok County Hospital mortuary awaiting postmortem examination.

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