Satanists ‘likely suspects’ in ritual murders of kids

Kakamega County Governor Wycliffe Oparanya and his team at the scene where a nursery school pupil of Bondeni primary school Faith Phoebe 6 years old who's body was found dumped at scheme estate in Kakamega on 15 September 2014. Police have not yet established the coarse of her death, her body was carried to Kakamega County Mortuary. By Benjamin Sakwa

A string of murders has baffled authorities in Kenyan and are stoking fears that the killers may be statanists. A horrifying pattern and nature of the killing of school-going children indicate the perpetrators are interested in body parts, besides performing ritual practices on the bodies.

The victims-only school-going children are abducted and tied with rubber straps by the killers, who later dismember their bodies. Locals say several abductions that have occurred between the 7^th and 10^th day of the month, and only in the morning hours. The abductors do not ask for ransom, but dump the bodies in trenches within two days after the disappearance of the children.