Tension has gripped a village in
Nyacheki, Bobasi, Kisii County, after an irate mob lynched a man suspected of
killing his wife and allegedly feasting on her flesh in a chilling case that
has left residents in shock.
According to local authorities, the
suspect, only identified as Ogoro, had also been feeding the remains to his two
children.
A villager claimed that Ogoro often
prepared meat for his guests, and they scarcely suspected he could have been
cooking the remains of his wife.
Ogoro is also suspected to have
killed his first wife before remarrying.
Villagers described him as mentally
unstable and said he was hooked on drugs.
On Tuesday, horrified and unable to
contain their anger, the enraged villagers descended on him with crude weapons,
killing him on the spot before setting his body ablaze.
"We were too shocked to
comprehend what we were seeing. It’s something straight out of a horror
movie," said John Omobasi, a resident, shaken by the incident.
The wife had reportedly disappeared
two months ago, only for her remains to be discovered stashed inside a sack in
the couple's house.
Those who spoke to journalists
described the incident as horrifying and like something out of a movie.
Police from Nyangusu later took the
bodies for preservation in Nyamache as investigations continue.
Local leaders have called for calm
and urged the community to allow law enforcement to conduct thorough
investigations.
"We understand the public
outrage, but taking the law into your own hands only worsens the
situation," said the area chief.
