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Shock as three guards hacked to death

Embu, Kenya: Three guards were hacked to death while a fourth escaped with machete injuries after a gang ambushed them outside the premises they were guarding in two separate incidents.

A gang of six raided a shop at Ugweri market, Embu East sub-county, on Saturday night where they killed John Kariuki and Njue Njoka. A third guard, Jacob Ithaga, sustained serious injuries.

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