Detectives are investigating an incident where a 52-year-old charcoal vendor was shot dead and his body mutilated in a suspected bandit attack in Garbatulla, Isiolo county.
Police officers who visited the scene on Thursday morning, August 14, found the body of Adan Adow Abdullahi at his homestead after it had reportedly been moved to Manyatta Prison within Garbatulla town.
Abdullahi had on Wednesday afternoon ventured into a thicket to burn charcoal when he is believed to have encountered armed bandits.
The attackers reportedly shot him in the left side of the abdomen, with the bullet exiting through his back.
Police further reported that the attackers chopped off his left hand and mutilated his genital organs.
The circumstances surrounding the attack, including the identity and motive of the assailants, remained under investigation.
The body was examined by a medical practitioner and subsequently released to the family for burial in accordance with Islamic rites.
Police were expected to pursue investigations into the killing and establish the circumstances that led to the brutal attack.
Elsewhere, police in Gucha South, Kisii county, have arrested a 20-year-old man in connection with the death of his 54-year-old father following an alleged assault at their home in Tabaka Centre.
The deceased, identified as Nyagwanga Jared Obonyo, was pronounced dead on arrival at Tabaka Mission Hospital on Friday.
According to preliminary police investigations, Obonyo was last seen with his son who had reportedly picked him up from a neighbour’s home.
Police said the son was allegedly angered after demanding that his father produce a packet of Sportsman cigarettes.
The two then proceeded to their home, where the suspect is alleged to have locked the gate before assaulting his father.
Neighbours reportedly heard the deceased crying for help but were unable to intervene because the gate had been locked.
The suspect was also allegedly armed with a panga during the assault.
After some time, the suspect was reportedly seen carrying his father on a bicycle as he took him to Tabaka Mission Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
Police visited the scene and processed and documented it.
The deceased was found with a swollen face, blood stains around his mouth and bruises on his right hand.
His body was moved to the Tabaka Mission Hospital mortuary, where it was preserved pending a postmortem examination.
The suspect was taken into police custody and is
expected to be arraigned at Etago Law Courts on August 17, 2026, as
investigations into the circumstances surrounding the death continue.
