Crime scene
Police are investigating an incident where a herder was shot and killed in the troubled Angata Barrikoi area, Transmara, Narok County.
The incident
prompted tension and fears of more attacks as more security personnel were sent
to the area.
The herder was shot while grazing his livestock at Migingo
area by unknown gunmen, police said.
The
attackers escaped with an unknown number of livestock after the May 31 evening
incident.
Julius
Cheruiyot, 40 succumbed to the injuries at a local hospital as police pursued
the attackers.
Police
said they managed to recover all the stolen livestock, but no arrest was made.
The deceased
had visible gunshot wounds on the left side of the chest, both arms and at the
nose.
The body
was moved to a local mortuary pending autopsy and investigations.
The area
has been a point of concern after six people were shot and killed in a clash
with police over a piece of land.
This
forced the transfer of almost all police officers in the area.
Some
locals invaded a police facility that hosted the General Service Unit and
vandalized it after the personnel there were moved.
Since
then, insecurity has been on the rise, with at least four more people killed,
many acres of sugar plantation being burnt, and property destroyed.
In the
same area of the Osupuko location, one David Sakwa, 57 was found dead and the body
lying in a pool of blood with a deep cut on the neck.
This is
after he was attacked and killed by his son in an argument over domestic
issues.
The
assailant attacked him using a Maasai sword and died on the spot.
Police
said the assailant escaped the scene, and efforts to trace him are ongoing. The
incident happened on Saturday morning.
The body
was moved to a mortuary pending autopsy and investigations, police said.
Elsewhere
in Hakati, Busia County, the body of a man was found floating on a dam after a suspected murder.
Police
said the body belonged to a woman aged about 40.
The body
had visible injuries in the mouth and cheek.
Police said the body is lying at a local mortuary pending autopsy and investigations.
