A
73-year-old carpenter was lynched by a mob after he had fatally stabbed a
fellow carpenter in an argument over Sh2,000 debt in Koitabut village, Nandi
County.
The two
carpenters, David Kiptoo Songok and Antony Sang, had on Saturday argued at their
workplace over the money.
Witnesses
said Sang was demanding his money from the other carpenter when an argument
arose and turned fatal.
It was
then that Sang, alias Andoli, 73, and a carpenter at Kemeloi and Kapkemich
centre picked up a knife and stabbed Songok in the chest.
Police
said Songok, 58, a carpenter at Kibose Shopping centre was rushed to a local
dispensary where he died on arrival.
He had a
deep stab wound in the back.
After
the stabbing drama, the accused went to his home and told his relatives he had
killed Songok and that he was heading to Koitabut Police Post to surrender
himself.
He left
his mobile phone and keys at home and went to the local police station about
four kilometres away, police said.
However,
on arrival at Sisia village along Mugen-Kapkemich road on his way to the police
post, he was confronted by a mob and stoned to death.
Police
responded to the scene and found his body lying in a pool of blood and
partially burned.
The
bodies were moved to the mortuary pending autopsy, police said.
Police
discourage incidents of mob lynching and term them illegal.
The
police want suspects to be arrested and surrendered to authorities for processing. An investigation into the tragedy is ongoing, police said.
In
Kamasai sub-location, Nandi County, a man was found dead after a suspected
suicide.
The body of Peter Kimutai Cheruiyot, 33, was found dangling from a tree at the boundary of their land.
Police said he used a sisal rope that was found
around his neck, and both legs were soaked with blood.
The body
was moved to the mortuary pending investigations and autopsy.
Elsewhere
in Mumbuni, Makueni County, one Stanley Mutinda Mutuku, 50, died by suspected suicide by
hanging himself on a tree using a sisal rope outside his house.
The
incident was discovered by his neighbour, who was passing by.
The
motive of the incident is not yet known.
The body is lying in a local mortuary following the Saturday incident.
