Man clobbered to death in attack by three men in Limuru, Kiambu

Police are investigating an incident where a man was found dead after he had been stabbed and his body set on fire by three suspected assailants in Limuru area, Kiambu county.

The motive of the Sunday, April 5, morning incident in the Kinyogori area was not immediately known, police said.

The body of the victim was found on the roadside long after his murder.

Police cited witnesses and said the victim was seen earlier being attacked by three persons, two armed with a sword and an axe, near Champions of Christ Church and frog matched towards Kinyogori Road.

He was beaten to death. The public did not intervene.

The body was partly burnt on the torso with deep cuts on the head and arms, and was removed to the mortuary awaiting identification and postmortem.

Police said they were investigating murder in the incident. An operation was staged in the area, but the suspects were not found, police said.

In Kiritiri, Embu county, a man identified as Peter Nzioki died after he had been stabbed by unknown people in an attack.

Police said the incident happened in Mathigira Kenda village. The victim had a wound on the left side of the abdomen.

The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy and other procedures.

The motive of the incident was not immediately known.

Up to eight murder incidents are reported daily in the worrying trend, police statistics show.

Elsewhere in Funyula, Busia county, a man was found dead in a groundnut farm.

The body of the victim had deep cuts on the head and neck. The body is believed to have been dropped on the farm by unknown assailants.

There were signs of struggle at the scene where the body was found, police said as they moved the body to a local mortuary pending other procedures.

No arrest had been made over the April 4 incident. Locals demanded justice in the murder incident.

In Kasarani area, a suspected thief was lynched by a mob during a failed robbery.

The suspect was on a motorbike when he was attacked by the mob and killed. The motorcycle was vandalized in the drama. An accomplice managed to escape the drama.

The body was moved to the mortuary pending an identification and autopsy after the April 5 dawn incident.

Mob lynching incidents have been on the rise amid efforts to address the menace.