4 Robbers Lynched In Kericho, 1 Dead

Police in Majengo, Kericho County, shot dead 5 suspected robbers on Thursday night and recovered various items believed to have been stolen from them.


Kericho OCPD, Kipkemoi Rop, has said that the 5 were part of a gang of seven who have been terrorising residents posing as taxi clients. They would ask to be taken to pick some items and later hijack the driver and steal from him.

On Thursday, they used their trick but too bad the police had laid an ambush and immediately arrested them.

They shot dead one of them while four others were lynched by members of the public. Two were lucky to escape and a manhunt for them has been launched.

Several electronic items and crude weapons were recovered at a house in Majengo Estate which is believed to be their hideout.

The bodies were moved to Kericho District Hospital mortuary.