Police officers in Mbooni, Makueni County have detained a man suspected of raping a woman on Tuesday night.
The 36-year-old man is also suspected of robbery with violence.
He was handed over to the police by an irate mob who caught him as he was trying to flee after the woman raised the alarm.
According to the victim, she was headed home at around 10:30 pm from the market when the suspect accosted her and demanded money.
When she became hesitant, the man placed a knife on her neck and snatched her day's sales of Sh200.
He then covered her mouth, before assaulting her.
She said after the act, she ran towards Mukelenzu market where she raised an alarm prompting the angry mob to go after the suspect.
Officers based at Kalawa police station rushed to the scene where they rearrested the suspect and escorted him and the victim to Kalawa Sub-county Hospital, for necessary medical tests and treatment.
They later recovered the kitchen knife that the suspect had used to scare the victim at the scene of the crime and kept it as an exhibit.
