Woman, 63, killed in Kakamega fire incident

A 63-year-old woman was found dead after a fire flattened her house in Lunyinya area, Kakamega County.

Neighbours said they heard a bang in the morning of June 25 from the house where Florence Katera was sleeping before a fire broke out.

The police said the woman lived alone in a permanent house at the time of the incident.

A fire engine from the local county government managed to put out the fire when the body of the woman was discovered.

A shell of a six-kilo gas cylinder and a plate were found in her bedroom.

Police said the cause of the fire was not immediately established.

The remains were moved to the local mortuary pending autopsy and other investigations.

Police said they want to understand the cause of the fire.

Elsewhere, two suspects were separately killed by mobs in failed robbery incidents.

Cases of mob lynching have been on the rise amid calls to tame the trend.

The first incident, according to police, happened in the Vigurungani area, Kilifi County, where a man was stoned to death and his body set on fire.

Police said they were called to the scene and managed to remove the body to the mortuary.

Those behind the murder are yet to be known, police said of the Wednesday incident.

In Narok’s Kilgoris area, a man was killed after being accused of attempting to steal 37 chickens.

Police said a group of three had raided a home in Nyasita sub-location and accessed a chicken pen and stole the chicken.

One of the suspects was attacked by a spear and bled to death.

The three chickens he had packed in his bag were recovered, police said.

The suspect was rushed to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Police said the other suspects managed to escape with the stolen chicken.

A hunt for the suspects who escaped is ongoing, police said.

The body was moved to a local mortuary pending autopsy and investigations.