Crime scene
Detectives have launched investigations following a robbery with violence incident
at a coffee factory in Githunguri subcounty, Kiambu county. that left one
security guard dead and another tied up by the attackers.
The incident was reported at about 5:30 am on Wednesday after a security guard alerted authorities that his colleague had been killed and coffee stolen from the factory.
Police officers visited the scene and established that at around midnight, about 15 men armed with crude weapons stormed the factory.
The gang reportedly tied the hands of one watchman using his socks before fatally attacking his colleague, Shadrach Ngetich, a 36-year-old man.
The deceased sustained a deep cut to the head and another cut to the left leg.
The suspects then stole coffee from seven drying beds.
The value of
the stolen produce had not been established by the time of the report.
The restrained guard was later rescued and untied by members of the public.
Crime scene investigators processed and photographed the scene before the body of the deceased was moved to Kigumo Level 4 Hospital mortuary, where it awaits a post-mortem examination.
Investigations are ongoing to identify and arrest those behind the attack and
recover the stolen coffee.
Such incidents have been common at coffee factories in the region amid efforts to address the menace by authorities.
Elsewhere, police in Msambweni subcounty, Kwale county, are investigating the death of an unidentified man whose body was discovered in a bush near Diani.
The incident was reported on Wednesday by a village elder who alerted authorities after finding a body lying in bushes within Mvindeni location.
Police found the body of an unidentified African male adult lying inside the bush with no visible external injuries.
Investigators also noted the presence of a makeshift shelter constructed from polythene sheets near where the body was found.
The scene was processed and documented by CSI officers before the body was moved to the Coast Teaching and Referral Hospital Mortuary for preservation.
Police are working to establish the man’s identity and the cause of death, with
a post-mortem examination expected to aid the investigations.
Meanwhile, police in Sotik, Bomet county, launched investigations into the suspected murder of a middle-aged man whose body was found lying unresponsive at Bomet Stage on Wednesday morning.
The incident was reported at about 10:09 am after members of the public alerted authorities about an unresponsive man at the stage.
Preliminary investigations established that the victim had sustained a cut wound to the forehead, believed to have been inflicted with a blunt object, raising suspicion of murder.
The scene was processed and documented before the body was
moved to Kapkatet mortuary, where it is being preserved pending a post-mortem
examination to establish the exact cause of death.
Police have commenced investigations to determine the circumstances surrounding the incident and identify those responsible.
