Man killed for stealing Mutura

A man who allegedly stole a Sh5-worth of ‘mutura’ was hacked to death at Kiandongoro trading centre in Ndaragwa.

The yesterday afternoon incident drew the wrath of the public who beat up his two assailants leaving them for dead.

The deceased had grabbed the ‘mutura’ from outside a butchery within the centre when the owners noticed. The two followed and caught up with him and attacked him with a panga.

Nyandarua OCPD Benjamin Onsongo said the man fell on the ground and started bleeding profusely as the attackers took off.

“The attackers left him thinking he had just sustained some minor injuries.

“It was moments later that passers-by noticed the man had succumbed to the injuries,” he said.

Mr Onsongo said the angry residents gathered at the centre and decided to strike back, beating up the two owners of the butchery.

“They used all kinds of weapons to beat them up demanding an explanation as to why they had killed the man just because he had stolen the mutura,” he said.

He said police who arrived at the scene moments later found the two men aged 50 and 30 lying unconscious and took them to Nyahururu District Hospital where they were admitted with serious wounds.

Terming the incident as that of mob justice, Onsongo said no one had so far been arrested.

The body of the deceased was taken to Nyahururu District Hospital mortuary.