Tension high in Kuresoi after two killed in attack

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By Karanja Njoroge and Phillip Ruto

Tension is high in Kuresoi following the killing of two people on Monday night.

Residents of Kamwaura discovered mutilated bodies of the two men in their house.

The murder sparked fear in the highly volatile area, with some recently resettled displaced families fleeing their homes.

The victims, identified as David Wachira and Amos Maina were living together after they returned from an IDP camp in Molo a month ago.

Security patrol

"One of them was hosting the other," councillor Zachariah Mugoa said. When The Standard visited the scene, a contingent of GSU personnel, AP and Regular police was patrolling the area.

The bodies of the two were lying naked, with one sprawled on the ground. Neighbours said they did not learn of the killing until yesterday morning.

"The houses are far from each other and you cannot hear distress calls in case of an attack," a resident Charles Mwathi said. The reason behind the killings remains unclear.

Kuresoi DC Silas Gatombu said the Government was treating the killings as murder. He dismissed claims the murders were ethnically motivated.

"We are treating it as murder but investigations are going on and we have crucial leads," the DC said.

Mr Joseph Chelogoi, a resident, said the killings should be treated as an isolated criminal act as communities had resolved to coexist. The residents asked Internal Security Minister George Saitoti to visit the area.