A suspect was dramatically attacked
and killed by a mob moments after he had slashed to death a sister-in-law in a dispute
over family trees in Kegochi village, Nyamache, Kisii County.
Teresa Abel, 43, succumbed to the injuries at
their home on Monday evening, police said.
The anger and murder were prompted
after the father of the assailant stopped him from cutting his trees.
This was after the father reported
him to the local chief, who in turn went and warned the assailant against
cutting the trees until the dispute is solved, a family spokesman said.
According to the police, the
assailant confronted the father at their home, demanding answers on why he had
been stopped from cutting the trees.
It was then that Teresa went to see
the father-in-law, who was sickly oblivious of the tension that was building up.
The assailant, unprovoked, turned
on the woman, attacked and slashed her in the neck, killing her.
According to police, the assailant, identified as
Abraham Nyagaka, 40, tried to escape the scene after attacking the woman but was
chased by a mob, which responded to the screams of the assaulted woman.
He was caught up a few meters away and stoned to
death, police said.
Police visited the scene and moved both bodies to
the mortuary pending autopsy and investigations.
Police discourage mob lynching and term it criminal.
The police want suspects be surrender to authority for processing.
Elsewhere in Malindi, Kilifi
County, a man was found murdered and his body dumped on the roadside in the Sea
Breeze area.
He was identified as Abedi Said
Dhidha, 69. He was found lying dead with visible injuries and blood oozing from
the mouth.
The motive of the murder is yet to
be known, police said as they moved the body to the mortuary for autopsy.
Police said they are talking to
various sources to establish the motive and those behind the same.
Most of the murder incidents in the area have been linked to land disputes, police say.
