A 51-year-old
man died after he locked himself in a house and set it on fire in a village in
Nyakach, Kisumu County.
Detectives
visited the scene after being informed of the incident in the village.
Police
said one Joseph Odingo had locked himself in his house before he lit a fire
that consumed it.
He
died in the July 1 incident. Police said they have not established the motive
of the incident and that the body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy and
investigations.
In
Mitunguu, Meru County, a boy aged 11 years was killed in a fire incident.
The
boy was a grade three pupil at Mitunguu Primary School.
He
was sleeping in their house when the fire broke out, killing him.
Police
said yeare t to establish the cause of the fire. The remains were moved to
the mortuary pending autopsy and investigations.
In
Makindu, Makueni County, a man died after being assaulted in his house in what
police believe to be revenge.
According
to police, Meshack Maithya succumbed to his injuries at the Makindu Sub-County Hospital.
A
suspect in the matter had reported that Maithya had assaulted him on June 29
and was asked to go for medical attention.
Instead,
he walked to the residence of the deceased that night and avenged by assaulting
him, police said.
Police
said the suspect was later arrested for questioning and possible arraignment.
The
body of the deceased was preserved at a local mortuary pending autopsy.
In Rangwe, Homabay County, one Felix Oduor, 29
was found dead and his body hanged on a tree after a suicide incident.
Police
said they are yet to establish the motive of the incident.
Meanwhile,
two people were separately killed in mob lynching incidents.
The
incidents were reported in Emuhaya, Vihiga County and Subuiga, Meru County.
The
bodies were moved to the mortuaries pending autopsy and investigations, police
said.
Police discourage
mob lynching and want suspects to be surrendered to authorities for action.
Some of the victims
were framed in a well-calculated move to eliminate them, police say.
