Two suspects were stoned to death and their bodies set on
fire in a botched robbery in the Parklands area, Nairobi.
On Tuesday, June 17, police said three men riding on a
motorcycle snatched a mobile phone from an unknown woman before an alarm was
raised.
Other riders in the Parklands area joined the chase along Second
Avenue and managed to floor the two pillion passengers as the rider sped off.
The two were stoned to death before the bodies were set on
fire.
Police arrived at the scene minutes later and moved the
bodies to the mortuary pending identification and autopsy.
This is the latest such incident of mob lynching amid campaigns
to address the menace.
In Nairobi, up to five suspects have been killed by mobs
separately since Monday in botched robberies.
In a separate incident on Monday, two other suspects riding on a motorcycle
were lynched and the bodies set on fire in Dandora area, Nairobi.
Along the Rhapta-Church road in Kileleshwa, a man who had
posed as a member of the Nairobi County Government enforcement unit was lynched
by a mob on Wednesday evening.
He and his accomplices had posed as county askaris.
The man and his accomplices arrived aboard a motorcycle
before they approached vendors operating there who raised an alarm alerting a
mob.
The mob responded and cornered one and stoned him to death
before setting his body on fire.
The second victim was rescued and rushed to hospital, police
said.
The body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy.
In Mai Mahiu, Nakuru County’s Kathima village, a man was
stoned to death before his body was burnt in a botched robbery on Wednesday
afternoon.
The man was accused of being a thief in the area before a
mob killed him.
Police say the body was moved to the mortuary pending
autopsy and investigations.
Cases of mob lynching have been on the rise in separate
parts of the country amid calls on the need to hand over the suspects for
processing.
Meanwhile, a man was killed an altercation with a neighbor
after a cow wandered into a farm and destroyed a small maize plantation in
Musoli, Kakamega County.
Witnesses told police the altercation went physical before
the assailant attacked Kevin Walaba using a panga.
He left him with deadly injuries and escaped.
Police said he was rushed to the hospital where he died on
arrival.
Angry villagers descended on the home of the assailant and
set it on fire.
The suspect later surrendered himself at a local police station,
where he was arrested.
Police said they are investigating murder in the saga.
