The two female students from Sabatia Technical and Vocational College were raped and injured in a brutal home invasion early Saturday morning at Chamakanga area, officers said.
Police said the attack occurred around 1 am.
Two other students who reported the incident said they were at their rented house alongside the victims when four armed assailants wearing masks broke in through the back door.
The attackers, armed with pangas, stole several items including a 6kg gas cylinder, two mobile phones and a bag containing clothes and shoes.
The total value of the stolen property is yet to be established.
During the incident, one of the victims was slashed on the face with a panga before they were forcefully taken from the house and subjected to sexual assault.
Police officers visited the scene and confirmed the incident.
The two victims were taken to Vihiga County Teaching and Referral Hospital, where they were reported to be in stable condition.
Elsewhere in Kisii County, police have launched a manhunt for a 17-year-old defilement suspect who escaped from custody on Saturday morning, June 8.
According to a report filed at 11:40 am, the suspect was being escorted back to the cells from the toilet by an officer when he suddenly pushed him to the ground and fled.
Despite an alarm being raised and officers responding promptly, the suspect managed to escape without a trace.
Police have appealed to the public for any information that may lead to his recapture. Investigations are ongoing.
In Kwale County, Police are investigating an incident where a truck driver was abducted and robbed by suspects posing as police officers along Mombasa Road on Saturday morning
According to a police report, the incident unfolded at around 11:30 pm, on Friday night near Taru Town when the driver was intercepted by a white Probox vehicle with five occupants.
One of the suspects was dressed in a police jungle uniform and claimed they needed to inspect the truck.
Moments later, the suspects allegedly bundled the driver into the boot of the Probox and drove off, abandoning the lorry.
The vehicle was later discovered around 6 am on Saturday, parked in the middle of Mombasa Road near Samburu, approximately two kilometers east of the local police station.
Police recovered the truck and discovered that the spare tyre and 126 bags of 25 kilograms each, believed to have been part of the cargo, had been stolen.
Preliminary investigations revealed that the vehicle’s tracking system indicated its last known location as Meli Kubwa, the same place the driver was found.
The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) based in Taru is currently handling the case.
No arrests have been made so far, and police are pursuing leads on the identity of the suspects and the location of the stolen goods.
Additionally, police are hunting down suspects of an ambush at a lorry in Laksure Location, Mandera West.
This was after a group of armed men opened fire on a lorry transporting firewood on Saturday afternoon. Fortunately, no one was injured in the attack.
According to police, the incident occurred at around 3 pm, when the driver was returning from the Arertur area alongside four passengers.
They had visited the location to collect firewood they had gathered the previous day, but found it missing.
As they began driving back toward Takaba, a passenger seated at the back of the lorry noticed two armed men running toward the vehicle and raised the alarm.
Moments later, three more armed men on a motorcycle emerged from a nearby manyatta and began firing at the lorry.
The driver accelerated and managed to escape unharmed. The vehicle, however, sustained two bullet dents, with one bullet head still lodged in its body.
