Detectives are hunting a gang behind an incident where a
guard was killed, and another was left with serious injuries following a robbery
incident on a shop in Nyangoma, Bondo, Siaya county.
The body of Samson Ochieng was found lying in a shed after his murder by unknown thugs on Saturday.
His colleague had sustained serious
injuries and was rushed to the hospital, where he was fighting for his
life on Sunday.
The gang broke into a shop in the area and stole six
jerricans of 20 litres of cooking oil, 20 bottles of five litres of cooking oil, two
bags of 50 kilos of sugar, four bales of maize flour, three bags of 25 kilos of
rice and Sh131,000.
In Nyamaiya village, Nyamira county, a 17-year-old boy is
on the run after he allegedly hacked and killed his 52-year-old father in a
domestic fight.
The incident happened on November 27, and the man died a day later at home.
The body of Charles Onchiri was found in his compound with blood oozing from the head, and rushed to the hospital, where he was attended to and discharged. His family said his condition worsened hours later, and he died on Friday.
The family told police he was hit by his son in an altercation without
elaborating on the motive.
The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy and
investigations.
And police are investigating the murder of a man whose body
was found in a drainage ditch in Kiugoine area, Nakuru County.
The body was discovered by local business operators long
after his murder on Saturday, police said.
Police said the body did not have any visible injuries at the time of its discovery. It was moved to the mortuary pending identification and autopsy, police said.
Meanwhile, police shot and killed a suspect they were trying to arrest in
Chwele, Bungoma County.
The police had responded to a house where the murder
suspect was said to have been hiding when he resisted and tried to attack them.
He was wanted for the murder of a man in the area earlier
in the week.
The suspect was shot in the cheek and seriously wounded before being rescued as a mob bayed for his blood in the Saturday drama, police said.
He was taken to the hospital where he succumbed to the injuries hours
later on Sunday, police said.
Police said they are still investigating the murder.
